Standard Oil Co. of Ind. v. Missouri
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. Wkit of error to a judgment of ouster and fine against plaintiffs in error in original quo warranto proceedings in the Supreme Court of Missouri.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. Wkit of error to a judgment of ouster and fine against plaintiffs in error in original quo warranto proceedings in the Supreme Court of Missouri. The Missouri Anti-trust Act (Rev. Stat. of 1899, §§ 8968, 8971) provides that any person or corporation which shall form a combination in restraint of trade shall be deemed guilty of a conspiracy to defraud, and on conviction shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $100 per day for each day the combination continues, and in addition the guilty corporation shall have its…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr,. Justice Lamar,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.
The Standard Oil Company and the Republic Oil Company by this writ of error seek to reverse a judgment of ouster and fine of $50,000, entered against each of them in original quo warranto proceedings by the Supreme Court of Missouri, contending that they are thereby deprived .of property without due process of law and •denied the equal protection of the law.
The briefs and arguments for the defendants were ad-, dressed mainly to the proposition that the fine of $50,000 was a criminal sentence in a civil…
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