Denton v. Alabama Cotton Co-Op. Ass'n

RICE, Judge.

Appellant, plaintiff below, brought suit against Alabama Cotton Cooperative Association, Glen Parker, Oneonta Cotton Warehouse Company and E. L. Moore, seeking a recovery under Section 5697 of the Code of 1923 (now Title 7, Sec. 124 of the Code of 1940) as for a violation by the defendants of Section 5214 of the Criminal Code (now Title 57, Sec. 108 of the Code of 1940), both sections having relation to unlawful trusts, combines and monopolies.

The actual damage alleged is $1.50, to which plaintiff seeks to add the statutory penalty of $500 under the former Code Section.

The trial…