District of Columbia v. Kraft
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
In error to tbe Police Court of the District of Columbia. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: The defendant in error, William B. Kraft, was charged by information in the police court with engaging in a gift enterprise in violation of an act of Congress.
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In error to tbe Police Court of the District of Columbia. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: The defendant in error, William B. Kraft, was charged by information in the police court with engaging in a gift enterprise in violation of an act of Congress. He moved to quash the information on the following grounds: First, it does not set forth an offense against any law or regulation; second, so far as the act attempts to prohibit the acts charged, it is unconstitutional. The motion was sustained, and a writ of error applied for by the District of Columbia has been granted. The…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shepard
Assuming that the statute does not apply in the case of bona fide co-operative associations, or of merchants making discounts or presenting actual articles directly to their customers, we fail to see that the co-operative association belongs in either class. We will consider, first, the co-operative feature. In a general-sense a co-operative society or corporation is one organized on the principle of a joint-stock company, where the members share in the profits in proportion to their contributions, and may or may not obtain a discount on their individual purchases. *260■'■ ‘This society is…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Allgeyer v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Crowley v. ChristensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Stone v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Gundling v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- People v. . GillsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
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