Shaver v. Bell

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• stating that evidence of a right to control cannot be proved merely in the display of the oil company’s trademark and signs
• stating that mere use of trademark does not impute liability; “it is common knowledge that distinctive colors and trade mark signs are displayed at filling stations by independent dealers of gasoline”
• “every case must ultimately be decided on its unique facts”
• “Plaintiff . . . could not assume from the appearance of the station, which has standard Cosden signs and colors, that the station was operated by Cosden. Neither is the use of an oil company’s credit card facilities by an operator an indication that the oil company operates the station.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).