The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-13
STANDARD OIL
TRUST 0US1tO
MUST CEASE BUSINESS IN TEN
NESSEE SAYS STATE SU
PREME COURT.
LOWER COURT UPHELD
Higher Tribunal Holds Company Re-
strained Tradc-Vi olated the Anti
Trust Laws of the
State

Nashville, Tenn, April 12.-By the
judgment of the supreme court OF
Tennessee in an exhaustive opinion
deliytred this morning by Justice M.
NJ. Neil, the Standard Oil Company is
ousted from the state of Tennessee
for the acts of this company at Gala
tin, Tenn, in restraining trade. BY
the judgment of the supreme court
/ the Standard Oil Company can only
engage in interstate commerce as far
as Tennessee is concerned. aud the
court holds in affirming the decision
lof Chancellor j. w. Stout in the trial
of the case at Gal'atin that the Stand
ard Oil company Iii violate the pro
visions of section Of the acts of 903
chapter l40, aud the punishment i'm
posed in section of that act should
be impe sed, viz: That the Standard
Oil Company be denied the right to do
busntss in this state
The two sections of the Tennessee
act upon which the decision rests are
as follows:
Sections Violated.
Section |, Be it enacted by the
general assembly OF the state of Ten
nessee. and it Is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, that from and
after the passage Of this act, all ar
rangements, contracts, agreements
trusts or combinations between per.
sons or corporations made with
view TO lessen, or which tend TO lesson
full and free competition to importa
tion or sale Of articles imported into
this state, or In the manufacture or
sale OF articles of domestic growth or
of domestic raw material, and all ar
rangements, contartets, agreements
trusts or combinations between pefs
sons or corporations designed, or
which tend to advance, reduce or con
troll the price or the cost to the pro
ducer OF the consumer of any such
product or article, are hereby declared
to be against public policy, unlawful
and void
Section g Be il further enacted
that any corporation chartered under
the laws of the state which shall vip.
late any of the provisions of this
act shall thereby forfeit its charter
and its franchise, and its corporatt
existence shall thereupon cease aud
determine. Every foreign corporation
which shall violate any Of the provis
ions of this act is hertby denied the
right to do and is prohibited from
doing business in this state 1t Is
hereby made the duty of the attorney
general Of this state to enforce these
provisions by due process of law.
Effect of Decision.
The counsel have an appeal to the
United States supreme court
The effect of the decree of the su-
preme court restrains the Standard
Oil Company from doing an intrastate
business In Tennessee II does not
however, prevent the company from
continuing to do an interstate bust
ness. Under the decree the company
will be Obliged to discontinue sales
by wagons or from tanks, but can
ship his oil into the state I'm barrels
If a supersedeas is granted by the su-
preme Justice this afternoon there
will, of course, he no change in the
business of the company in Tennessee
pending the appeal to the Unitei
states supreme court
The supreme court adjourned today
until July Z. when number of cases
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