Reeves v. Decorah Farmer's Cooperative Society
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Winneshiek District Court. — Hon. A. N. Hob-son, Judge. Suit in equity to enjoin and restrain defendants, their agents, servants, and employees, from demanding, collecting, or receiving any amount whatever under a contract or arrangement entered into between them, which contract, it is claimed, was and is monopolistic in character; invalid, because in restraint of trade; and unfair, because intended to drive, all competitors from the market. -, The trial court…
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Appeal from Winneshiek District Court. — Hon. A. N. Hob-son, Judge. Suit in equity to enjoin and restrain defendants, their agents, servants, and employees, from demanding, collecting, or receiving any amount whatever under a contract or arrangement entered into between them, which contract, it is claimed, was and is monopolistic in character; invalid, because in restraint of trade; and unfair, because intended to drive, all competitors from the market. -, The trial court granted part of the relief prayed, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The defendant society is.an organization of farmers, incorporated under the general laws of the state for pecuniary profit. Its capital stock is $20,000, $4,000 of which has been subscribed and paid for- in cash. The articles of incorporation are not set out in full, but we gather from the record that the society was organized for the purpose of buying, selling, and shipping hogs at the town of Decorah, Iowa. The stock was $10 per share, and at the time of trial there were three hundred and fifty individual stockholders, composed of farmers living in the vicinity of said town of Decorah. At…
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