Standard Monument Co. v. Mount Hope Cemetery & Mausoleum Co.

WOLFE, Judge.

The plaintiff corporation, which deals in burial monuments and grave markers, brought this suit seeking to invalidate certain regulations imposed by the defendant cemetery company. The regulations required that burial markers be installed by the cemetery at a price based upon the size of the marker. The petition was in three counts. Count 1 charged a violation of the Missouri anti-trust statute. Count 2 alleged that the regulation was beyond the power of the defendant to adopt and the plaintiff was illegally prevented from completing contracts with those owning burial lots in the…