Retail Lumber Dealer's Ass'n v. State

Citations

• 95 Miss. 337
• 48 So. 1021

Syllabus

<p>Trusts and Combines. Code 1906, § 5002., Monopolies. Combinations in restraint of trade.</p> <p>Under Code 1906, § 5002, malting a combination to hinder competition in the sale or purchase of a commodity a criminal conspiracy:—</p> <p>(a) It Is immaterial that the means adopted he peaceable and otherwise lawful, if the intent be to accomplish the unlawful object; and</p> <p>(5) A combination of retail lumber dealers under an agreement . not to purchase from any manufacturer or wholesaler competing with retailers, is unlawful.</p>