Hammond Packing Co. v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; Edward W. Winfield, Judge; This was an action instituted in the name of the State of Arkansas upon the relation of the Attorney General against the Hammond Packing Company under the anti-trust act, charging the defendant with being a member of a pool, trust, combination or conspiracy to fix and maintain prices in violation of the terms of the act, and seeking to recover a money penalty and to forfeit the right of the defendant to do…
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; Edward W. Winfield, Judge; This was an action instituted in the name of the State of Arkansas upon the relation of the Attorney General against the Hammond Packing Company under the anti-trust act, charging the defendant with being a member of a pool, trust, combination or conspiracy to fix and maintain prices in violation of the terms of the act, and seeking to recover a money penalty and to forfeit the right of the defendant to do business in the State. The complaint alleged that defendant is a foreign corporation, and that on certain dates mentioned,…
1Opinion of the CourtHiel, C. J.
This is an action brought by the State of Arkansas on the relation of the Attorney General against the Hammond Packing Company, alleging that it was doing business in the State contrary to the Anti-trust Act of 1905. After answer a commission was issued to a commissioner in Chicago to take testimony. Upon a refusal to comply with the order of court requiring production of witnesses and documents, after notice, the answer was stricken out, and judgment rendered against the appellant as by default, and it appealed.
1. The nature of the “conspiracy to defraud” denounced by section one of the act…
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