State v. Duluth Board of Trade
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Proceeding in the district court for St. Louis county to forfeit the corporate franchise of the Duluth Board of Trade, and to restrain it and its officers from further transacting business under its rules, on the ground that they violate the anti-trust statute (Laws 1899, p. 487, c. 359.) The case was tried before Dibell, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of the defendants. Prom the judgment entered pursuant to the order, plaintiff appealed.
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Proceeding in the district court for St. Louis county to forfeit the corporate franchise of the Duluth Board of Trade, and to restrain it and its officers from further transacting business under its rules, on the ground that they violate the anti-trust statute (Laws 1899, p. 487, c. 359.) The case was tried before Dibell, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of the defendants. Prom the judgment entered pursuant to the order, plaintiff appealed. In this proceeding the state seeks to forfeit the corporate franchise of the Duluth Board of Trade, and to restrain it and its officers…
1Opinion of the Court
ELLIOTT, 1.
(after stating the facts as above).
The trial court found that the Duluth Board of Trade, as organized and conducted, is not an arrangement, conspiracy, or combination in restraint of commerce within the state; that it does not restrain, limit, interfere with, or destroy open and free competition in the purchase and sale of grain at Duluth; that competition between seller and buyer is active and free; that the board does not fix prices of grain, nor prevent nor limit competition in the purchase or sale of grain; but that *515the facilities which it furnishes are in aid of the traffic in…
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