Texaco service station operator agrees to stop selling rival’s fuel

A Texaco service station operator has agreed to stop selling a rival’s fuel, the High Court heard yesterday.

John Cuddihy and his company Daymount is prepared to order a minimum of 20,000 litres of Texaco fuel for the Douglas Service Station in Cork, which he operates under licence from oil distributor Valero Energy (Ireland) Ltd, Ms Justice Mary Laffoy was told.

On March 6 last, notices appeared in the service station stating that “due to a legal dispute with Texaco, we have had to source our motor fuel from an alternative supplier,” the High Court heard.