United States v. Lumber Institute of Allegheny County

SCHOONMAKER, District Judge.

The several defendants in this case other than the Master Builders’ Association of Allegheny County, have filed separate demurrers to the indictment in this-case, on the ground that the facts alleged in the indictment do not constitute a violation of the laws of the United States.

The indictment contains two counts: (1) charging the defendants with unlawful conspiracy in restraint of trade and commerce in millwork among the several states of the United States in violation of Section 1 of the Act of Congress of July 2, 1890, entitled “An act to protect trade and…