§8-10-3. Restraining trade or production, monopolizing commodities or business, destruction of competition, etc.


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  • Any person or corporation, domestic or foreign, which shall restrain, or attempt to restrain, the freedom of trade or production, or which shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, the production, control, or sale of any commodity or the prosecution, management, or control of any kind, class, or description of business or which shall destroy, or attempt to destroy, competition in the manufacture or sale of a commodity shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $2,000 for each offense.

(Code 1907, §7581; Code 1923, §5214; Code 1940, T. 57, §108.)