[DOWNLOAD] "Central Lumber Company v. State South Dakota." by Supreme Court of the United States ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Central Lumber Company v. State South Dakota.
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 02, 1912
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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The plaintiff in error was found guilty of unfair discrimination under Session Laws of South Dakota for 1907, c. 131, and was sentenced to a fine of two hundred dollars and costs. It objected in due form that the statute was contrary to the Fourteenth Amendment, but on appeal the judgment of the trial court was sustained. 24 So. Dak. 136. By the statute anyone "Engaged in the production, manufacture or distribution of any commodity in general use, that intentionally, for the purpose of destroying the competition of any regular, established dealer in such commodity, or to prevent the competition of any person who in good faith intends and attempts to become such dealer, shall discriminate between different sections, communities, or cities of this state, by selling such commodity at a lower rate in one section . . . than such person . . . changes for such commodity in another section, . . . after equalizing the distance from the point of production," &c., shall be guilty of the crime and liable to the fine.