Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. Texas (No. 1)
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS FOR THE THIRD SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. The facts are stated in the opinion. By the proceedings in the Texas courts defendant has been subjected to the penalties of the act of 1899 by reason of an agreement made by another company, the old Waters-Pierce Company, with the Standard Oil Company, confining the business of those two companies to different parts of the IJnited States.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS FOR THE THIRD SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. The facts are stated in the opinion. By the proceedings in the Texas courts defendant has been subjected to the penalties of the act of 1899 by reason of an agreement made by another company, the old Waters-Pierce Company, with the Standard Oil Company, confining the business of those two companies to different parts of the IJnited States. This agreement wás made in 1878, many years before the act was passed. The defendant cannot be so subjected to penalties without giving a retroactive effect…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.'Justice Day
delivered the opinion of the court.. This- case was begun in the state Circuit Court of Travis County, Texas, to forféit the permit of the plaintiff in error, the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, a corporation of the State of Missouri, to. conduct business in' the State of Texas, and to assess penalties, against it for violation of the anti-trust laws of that State. The'prosecution was under two laws of the State, one of 1899 and one of March 31, 1903. The proceeding was brought by the Attorney General of Texas and the county attorney of Travis,County, to recover penalties, under the…
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