Smith v. Morganton Ice Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Long, J., at December Term, 1911, of Bukke. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of tbe Court by Mr. Qhief Justice Clark.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
Tbougb this State enacted an antitrust law in 1891, this case is the first that has reached this Court in which it has been attempted to enforce such legislation by civil action, and none has so far come up on the criminal side of the docket.
The defendant ice company owned an ice plant in Morgan-ton. The plaintiff had a fresh-meat market which required -ice, and he desired to deal in ice. The defendants procured an agreement with the Deaf and Dumb School in Morganton, the only other ice plant in that town, not to sell ice to any one. They then went to the neighboring towns that had ice plants…
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