Armstrong Cork Company v. John T. Lyons and Ruth E. Lyons, Co-Partners Doing Business as Lyons Utility Company

MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.

John T. Lyons and Ruth E. Lyons, d/b/a Lyons Utility Company, appellees (hereafter Lyons), brought this treble damage action for alleged violations of the antitrust laws 1 against Armstrong Cork Company (hereinafter Armstrong) and Carpenter Paper Company (hereinafter Carpenter), alleging that Armstrong and Carpenter unlawfully combined and conspired with each other in restraint of trade for the purpose of creating a monopoly for the sale of Armstrong’s products in an area served by Lyons, an Armstrong wholesale dealer, and further that Armstrong and Carpenter conspired…