Tallassee Oil Fert. v. H. S. J. L. Holloway
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Elmofe County; \V. W. Pearson, Judge. Bill by II. S. & J. L. Holloway against the Tallassee Oil & Fertilizer Company and others. From a decree overruling motion to dissolve a temporary injunction, respondents appeal. This bill was filed by the appellees, H. S. and' J. L. Holloway, against the appellants, the Tallassee Oil & Fertilizer Company and , F. L. Owen and T. W. Brunson, president and secretary of said company.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Elmofe County; \V. W. Pearson, Judge. Bill by II. S. & J. L. Holloway against the Tallassee Oil & Fertilizer Company and others. From a decree overruling motion to dissolve a temporary injunction, respondents appeal. This bill was filed by the appellees, H. S. and' J. L. Holloway, against the appellants, the Tallassee Oil & Fertilizer Company and , F. L. Owen and T. W. Brunson, president and secretary of said company. Complainants set up in the bill that they, under the firm name of II. S. and J. L. Holloway, are engaged in the buying and selling of cotton and…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
The substance of the bill of complaint is set out in the foregoing statement of the case. Its object is to enjoin the respondent from operating its cotton gin in such a discriminatory manner by refusing to gin cotton for those of the public who-do not agree to sell respondent their cotton seed, thereby stifling competition in the sale of cotton seed, in which business complainants are also engaged. The jjill shows that the respondent company is engaged in ginning cotton for the public and has virtually a monopoly of that business in that particular locality.
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