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De Witt Wire-Cloth Co. v. New Jersey Wire-Cloth Co.

New York Court of Common Pleas

Decided February 15, 1891PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Action by the De Witt Wire-Cloth Company against the New Jersey Wire-Cloth Company, for goods sold and delivered. Plaintiff demurs to defendant’s counter-claim.

1Opinion of the CourtPryor, J.

In extinguishment of an admitted cause of action, the defendant pleads that an equivalent sum is due it from plaintiff, in virtue of the following allegations of fact: That three incorporated companies and two copartnership firms, engaged in the manufacture and sale of wire cloth, entered into an agreement, whereby, for the avowed object of “regulating the price” of the commodity, they constituted themselves an association, imposed upon them* *278selves stipulated rates of charge, engaged that they “will sell no cloth at less than the prices set forth;” and, to insure obedience to this…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. State v. GoodwillWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Arnot v. . Pittston and Elmira Coal Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
  3. Craft v. McConoughyIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  4. Richardson v. BuhlMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
  5. People v. FisherNew York Supreme Court · 1835

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. United States v. Addyston Pipe & Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1898
  2. United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1893
  3. United States v. MacAndrews & Forbes Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1906
  4. People v. KlawNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1907

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