United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM. THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH. CIRCUIT. On the 2d of July, 1890, an act was passed by the Congress of the United States, entitled “ An act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies.” 26 Stat. 209, c. 647. The act is given in full in the margin.1 On the 15th day of March, 1889, all but three of the defendants, the railway companies named in the bill, made and entered into an agreement by which they formed themselves…
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APPEAL FROM. THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH. CIRCUIT. On the 2d of July, 1890, an act was passed by the Congress of the United States, entitled “ An act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies.” 26 Stat. 209, c. 647. The act is given in full in the margin.1 On the 15th day of March, 1889, all but three of the defendants, the railway companies named in the bill, made and entered into an agreement by which they formed themselves into an association to be known as the “ Trans-Missouri Freight Association,” and they agreed to be governed by the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
The defendants object to the hearing of this appeal, and ask that it be dismissed on the ground that the Trans-Missouri Freight Association has been dissolved by a vote of its members since the judgment entered in this suit in the court below. A further ground urged for the dismissal of the appeal is that the requisite amount (over one thousand dollars) is not in controversy in the suit, and that as an appeal would only lie to this court in this character of suit under the act of March 3, 1891, c. 517, 28 Stat. 826, where that amount is in controversy, the appeal should be dismissed.
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