B. T. Johnson Publishing Co. v. Mills

Citations

• 79 Miss. 543

Syllabus

<p>1. Tbusts and Combines. Anti-trust' act 1900. Laws, p. 125. Schoolbooks. Public contracts.</p> <p>Although the hid on which a contract is based may be below the normal cost of production, the anti-trust law of 1900 has no application to the state or its public agencies in letting a contract for copyrighted schoolbooks in the manner provided by law, and as the result of competitive bidding, by the terms of which new books are for a time to be exchanged without cost, book for book, in the place of old books then in use, after which the prices agreed on are to be paid for all books furnished during the continuance of the contract.</p> <p>2. Public 'Weleabe. Contracts. Prices. Constitution 1890, sec. 198.</p> <p>A public contract for an article below cost is not “inimical to the public welfare ” within the constitution of 1890, sec. 198.</p>