Overland Publishing Co. v. H. S. Crocker Co.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment entered upon an order sustaining a demurrer to plaintiff’s amended complaint without leave to amend.

Plaintiff in its complaint seeks to allege a cause of action under the Cartwright Act (Act 4166, Gen. Laws of Cal. [1915] Deering, Stats. 1907, p. 984, as amended by Stats. 1909, p. 593) for double damages by reason of certain acts of defendants, who constitute, it is alleged, a trust, as defined by that act. Before discussing the many and lengthy allegations of the complaint, we will refer to those parts of the Cartwright Act upon which plaintiff…