States v. Durkin

*102The opinion of the court was deliv ~?d by

Gkeene, J.:

The defendants in t ror entered into a partnership in April, 1897, to engage in the business of plumbers and steam-fitters in the city of Topeka. It was necessary, in the successful prosecution of such business, to purchase plumbing; goods and material. The plaintiffs in error were, at the time, members of an organization called the “Kansas Master Plumbers’ Mutual Benefit Association,” which, it was alleged, is an unlawful combination for the purpose of carrying out restraint in trade and commerce, so far as it relates to the plumbing…