Logan & Bryan v. Postal Telegraph & Cable Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Arkansas
On Demurrers to Bill. Complainants, in their bill, allege: That they are commission merchants in Chicago, and that under the express terms of their articles of copartnership each and every member of the firm is expressly prohibited, both upon an individual account and in the name of the firm, from engaging in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, in speculative dealings relating in any way to the business of the firm and in any and all the articles of trade or…
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On Demurrers to Bill. Complainants, in their bill, allege: That they are commission merchants in Chicago, and that under the express terms of their articles of copartnership each and every member of the firm is expressly prohibited, both upon an individual account and in the name of the firm, from engaging in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, in speculative dealings relating in any way to the business of the firm and in any and all the articles of trade or commerce in which the firm or any of its members are in' any way authorized to buy or sell, or in any way deal in, upon any…
1Opinion of the CourtTrieber, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The demurrer of the defendants the Attorney General and the prosecuting attorneys of the state of Arkansas must be sustained upon two grounds: First, for the reasons stated in Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Andrews (C. C.) 154 Fed. 95, this action must be deemed, so far as these defendants are concerned, a suit against the state within the inhibition of the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States; second, violations of the act involved in this action are made criminal offenses, cognizable solely in the criminal courts of the state, to…
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