State ex rel. Collins v. Cresent Cotton Oil Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Sunflower county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Proceedings by the state, on relation of Eoss A. Collins, Attorney General, against the Crescent Cotton Oil Company. Eelief denied and relator appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Sunflower county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Proceedings by the state, on relation of Eoss A. Collins, Attorney General, against the Crescent Cotton Oil Company. Eelief denied and relator appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Chapter 162, of the Laws of 1914, was enacted as an aid to the enforcement of the anti-trust laws of this state and for the purpose of cutting off some of the effective weapons for destroying competition. The Law of 1914. is sustainable under either of two heads, both firmly grounded in the police power of…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The Crescent Cotton'Oil Company is a corporation ereated under the laiws of the state of Tennessee and domiciled in the city of Memphis, where it is engaged in the manufacture of cotton seed oil and meal, and owns and operates public cotton gins at Ruleville and other places in the state of Mississippi. Chapter 162, Laws 1914 (Hemingway’s Code, section 4750 et seq.), provides that a corporation engaged in the manufacture of cotton seed products shall not own, lease or operate a cotton gin in this state except “in the city or town of the location of its cotton oil plant, ’ ’ and that a…
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