More v. Bennett
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Frank Bakek, Judge, presiding. The declaration in this case set forth that all of the plaintiffs and defendants were by occupation and profession stenographers, and were members of an organization known as the Chicago Law Stenographers’ Association, which association had adopted a schedule of rates, which were reasonable, and for more than fifteen years have been the established rates among law stenographers, and had…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Frank Bakek, Judge, presiding. The declaration in this case set forth that all of the plaintiffs and defendants were by occupation and profession stenographers, and were members of an organization known as the Chicago Law Stenographers’ Association, which association had adopted a schedule of rates, which were reasonable, and for more than fifteen years have been the established rates among law stenographers, and had been and are now, recognized as reasonable and established rates by judges and members of the legal fraternity of the city…
1Opinion of the CourtWaterman, J.
It is impossible to reconcile the numerous cases upon the subject of contracts and combinations in restraint of trade. Beginning with the cause reported in Tear Book 2d, Henry V, in which the irascible Judge Hall, three quarters of a century before the discovery of America, upon an attempt to enforce an obligation entered into in consideration that the defendant did not use his dyer’s craft wri thin the city for a certain time, to wit, for half a year, thundered out in bad French: “ A ma intent mus purres avoir demurre sur luy que obligation est void eo que le condition est encounter common…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Oregon Steam Navigation Co. v. WinsorSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Atcheson v. . MallonNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Woodworth v. . BennettNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- King v. . WinantsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1874
- Gibbs v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
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- Union Strawboard Co. v. BonfieldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901