Best ▁Gas ▁Tra ction ▁Co . ▁exhib ited ▁its ▁new ▁" Track layer " ▁at ▁the ▁California ▁state ▁fair . ▁Hol t ▁once ▁again ▁su ed , ▁this ▁time ▁for ▁pat ent ▁in fr ing ement . ▁C .   L .   Best ▁thought ▁that ▁his ▁best ▁defense ▁was ▁to ▁prove ▁that ▁Hol t ' s ▁pat ents ▁viol ated ▁Lomb ard ' s ▁pat ents . ▁One ▁of ▁Best ' s ▁law y ers , ▁Henry ▁Mont gom ery , ▁visited ▁Lomb ard ▁and ▁sought ▁his ▁assistance ▁as ▁a ▁friendly ▁witness . ▁Lomb ard ▁was ▁more ▁than ▁friendly . ▁He ▁alleg edly ▁respond ed , ▁" By ▁God , ▁young ▁man , ▁I ' m ▁glad ▁to ▁see ▁you . ▁If ▁God ▁Al m ight y ▁could ▁char ter ▁me ▁to ▁kill ▁a ▁man , ▁I ' d ▁get ▁on ▁the ▁train ▁and ▁go ▁to ▁California ▁and ▁kill ▁old ▁Ben ▁Hol t ." ▁Best ▁bought ▁all ▁rights ▁to ▁Lomb ard ' s ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁and ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁pat ents ▁for ▁$ 2 0 , 0 0 0 , ▁which ▁pre - dated ▁Hol t ' s ▁" c raw ler " ▁pat ents ▁also ▁purchased ▁from ▁Lomb ard . ▁Hol t ' s ▁earlier ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁Lomb ard ▁pat ents ▁were ▁ann ul led ▁and ▁Best ▁counter - su ed ▁Hol t . ▁ ▁C ater p ill ar ▁tra dem ark ▁▁ ▁Hol t ▁was ▁cred ited ▁with ▁producing ▁the ▁first ▁practical ▁continuous