Commonwealth v. McHugh

This is an “action” brought by the Attorney General in the name of the Commonwealth under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 93, § 3, against the officers and members of the Atlantic Fishermen’s Union, a voluntary association, to restrain the defendants from continuing certain “acts, arrangements, combinations, and practices” described in the bill of complaint and alleged to be in violation of the common law and of c. 93, § 2.

Chapter 93, § 2, reads, “Every contract, agreement, arrangement, combination or practice in violation of the common law whereby a monopoly in the manufacture, production,…