Court Rules Trust Debts Cannot Be Collected

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jul 11, 1906

Court Rules Trust Debts Cannot Be Collected

The latest blow at the “trusts” is a decision in the Circuit Court at St. Louis, that a debt for goods bought of a “trust” concern can not be collected by law. A man bought a bill of goods from the Cahill Swift Manufacturing Company, and afterward refused to pay. He was sued, and his attorney argued that a trust corporation, being an illegal party, could not lawfully collect any bills for its wares. Judge Ryan sustained the defense, and dismissed the case. If such a decision holds good, the monopoly builders will have to try some other scheme than combining corporations in restraint of trade.