CROWN CENTRAL PETROLEUM CORP. v. STANDARD OIL CO.

No. C-367.

135 So.2d 26 (1961)

CROWN CENTRAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a corporation, Appellant, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY, a corporation, and R.A. Gray, as Secretary of State of the State of Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ausley, Ausley, McMullen, O'Bryan, Michaels & McGehee, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Botts, Mahoney, Whitehead, Ramsaur & Hadlow, Jacksonville, Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen. and Wilson W. Wright, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.


RAWLS, Judge.

This appeal involves a trademark case wherein the rights of the parties to the use of the word "Crown" in the State of Florida are in issue. The Chancellor outlined the rights of each party in the summary final decree from which appellant has appealed. Defendant appellant will be referred to as Crown Central and plaintiff appellee will be referred to as Standard Oil. The basic facts are not in dispute.

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