James v. Cummings, Appellant, v. Union Blue Stone Company, and Elizabeth Sweeney, Surviving Members of the…

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the lower courts' judgments, holding that the contract granting the Union Blue Stone Company exclusive sales rights and price‑fixing authority was void as a restraint of trade and that the directed verdict for the defendants was proper. The Court treated the issue of the contract's legality as a matter of law, not a factual dispute.