Grenada Lumber Co. v. Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States
E$ROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. ■ This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the. State of Mississippi to review a decree dissolving a voluntary association of retail lumber dealers as a combination in restraint of trade under a statute of the State’ So much of the Mississippi act as is here involved is set out in the margin, being, part of § 5002, Mississippi Code.1 ' The proceeding under this statute was by a bill filed in a chancery court of…
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E$ROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. ■ This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the. State of Mississippi to review a decree dissolving a voluntary association of retail lumber dealers as a combination in restraint of trade under a statute of the State’ So much of the Mississippi act as is here involved is set out in the margin, being, part of § 5002, Mississippi Code.1 ' The proceeding under this statute was by a bill filed in a chancery court of the State, by the State, upon relation of its Attorney General. The bill averred that the defendants, some seventy-seven…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lurton
The agreement and combination which offends against the - Mississippi • anti-trust statute is one between a large majority of the independent and competitive merchants engaged in the retail lumber trade in the territory covered by their ■ articles of association, whereby they have obligated themselves not to deal with any manufacturer or wholesale dealer in lumber, sash or doors, etc., who sells to consumers in localities in which they conduct their business and keep a sufficient stock to meet demands, and to inform each other of any sale made by manufacturers or wholesalers who sell to…
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