Prest-O-Lite Co. v. Ray
City of New York Municipal Court
Action by the Prest-O-Lite Company against Frederick Ray and others. Judgment directed for the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtSpiegelberg, J.
This is an action brought to recover a penalty under section 367 of article 24- of the General Business Law, being chapter 20 of the Consolidated Laws. The plaintiff is a manufacturer of steel receptacles closed at both ends and copper plated, with a needle valve attached at the convex end and a gauge and safety plug at the concave end. The interior is completely filled with porous asbestos, which is saturated with a liquid chemical called acetone into which acetylene gas is dissolved. This mixture of acetylene with acetone has been manufactured for many years by the plaintiff and is known by…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. SteffensSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- People v. . CannonNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- People v. . LuhrsNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Mullins v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Prest-O-Lite Co. v. Avery Lighting Co.District Court, N.D. New York · 1908
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