Potomac Fire Ins. Co. v. State

By this suit appellee, the state of .Texas, obtained an injunction against appellant insurance companies, perpetually restraining, as being violative of the anti-trust laws of Texas, the carrying out and performance of, or doing any act or failing to do any act under, appellants’ following contract:

“In view of the ever mounting increase in Insurance expenses, and in view of the fact that already approximately sixty per cent of the total expenses of insurance companies is the local agents’ commissions, and in view of the fact that certain fire insurance companies, doing business in Texas, are…