Atkinson v. Colorado Wheat Growers Ass'n

A GENERAL demurrer to the complaint of the plaintiffs in error was sustained, they stood by their complaint, judgment went against them and they bring error. They were farmers who had joined the defendant, the Colorado Wheat Growers Association, had become dissatisfied with the management and with their contracts with that body, and so brought this suit to cancel them.

One of the grounds on which they based their action was that the contracts were void because in restraint of competition. We think that point well taken.

The articles of the defendant corporation state that, among other things,…