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WATERS-PIERCE OIL CO. v. TEXAS (NO. 1)

No. 359.

212 U.S. 86 (1909)

29 S.Ct. 220

53 L.Ed. 417

WATERS-PIERCE OIL COMPANY v. STATE OF TEXAS (NO. 1).

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 18, 1909.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Moorfield Storey, Mr. E.B. Perkins and Mr. Henry Samuel Priest, with whom Mr. J.L. Thorndike was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. R.V. Davidson, Attorney General of the State of Texas, Mr. R.L. Batts and Mr. G.W. Allen, with whom Mr. Jewel P. Lightfoot, Mr. John W. Brady and Mr. T.W. Gregory were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case was begun in the state Circuit Court of Travis County, Texas, to forfeit the permit of the plaintiff in error, the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, a corporation of the State of Missouri, to conduct business in the State of Texas, and to assess penalties against it for violation of the anti-trust laws of that State. The prosecution was under two laws of the State, one...

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