Brewster v. Miller's Sons Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 62 — PETITION ORDINARY 1. The Louisville Coffin Company was not engaged in undertaking and was not a member of the Funeral Directors’ Association, and it is not alleged that appellant applied to it or was refused by it to furnish a coffin or bury his wife.
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Case 62 — PETITION ORDINARY 1. The Louisville Coffin Company was not engaged in undertaking and was not a member of the Funeral Directors’ Association, and it is not alleged that appellant applied to it or was refused by it to furnish a coffin or bury his wife. The only attempt to connect the Louisville Coffin Company with the alleged conspirarcy, is an allegation that it entered into an agreement with the Funeral Directors’ Association that it would not sell any of the articles dealt in by it to any funeral director, for use within Jefferson county unless he should be a member of…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PAYNTER
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff, Brewster, is a citizen of Louisville. From the allegations of the petition, there is an association in that city, known as the “Funeral Directors’ Association.” The defendants in this action are undertakers and members of the association, except the defendant, the Louisville Coffin Co., which is engaged in the business of manufacturing caskets.' On the 10th of December, 1893, the wife of the plaintiff died. He went to the defendants, C. Miller’s Sons, to engage their services and to buy articles necessary for her burial.…
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