Southern Fire Brick & Cray Co. v. Garden City Sand Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. Kavanagh, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. Kavanagh, Judge, presiding. The Garden City Sand Company, the Hillsdale Fire Brick and Clay Company, (both Illinois corporations,) and Maria Warner and Jacob B. Warner, of Indianapolis, Indiana, filed their joint bill in the superior court of Cook county April 4, 1903, against the Southern Fire Brick and Clay Company, also an Illinois corporation, and Dick N. Lanyon, by which they sought to enjoin the defendants from mining fire clay upon a certain…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
The first question discussed in| the argument of counsel is whether the agreement of Septémber io, 1901, is a valid contract, as was held by the Appellate Court, or is in restraint of trade and violative of the Anti-trust law of this State or of the United States, as found by the superior court, and therefore void. The appellants, in support of the latter contention, insist mainly upon that part of the contract by which the first party agrees not to operate any other fire clay grinding plant on any land owned or controlled by him in the State of Indiana or to sell to any other person during…
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