Lowry v. Tile, Mantel & Grate Ass'n

(charging jury). This is an action at law brought to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiffs by reason of injury to their business as dealers in tiles and fireplace fixtures, caused by the forming of an association by the defendants as dealers in such articles,.and which association, the plaintiffs claim, is within the prohibitory provisions of the act of congress of July 2, 1890, commonly known .as the “Sherman Anti-Trust Act.” That act provides, among other things, as follows:

“Section 1. Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy,…