Show FINAL DECREE fAVORS STATE Texas Wins Its Case Against Oil Company in Court of Last Resort FINE ALLOWED TO STAND IN ADDITION OCTOPUS BRANCH IS FORCED TO GET OUT Washington Jan 18 The supreme court of the United States today af affirmed a firmed the decree of the state courts of Texas Teas Imposing a flue fine of ot on the ate PI Oil company of St StLouis StLouis StLouis Louis and ousting it from the time state on the charge of violating the Texas anti trust law The TIle court also sustained the action of the tho Texas state court in the appoint appointment I ment flient of Robert Hobert J 1 J Eckhart as receiver and thus again decided against the the Uie company com pan The decisions in all an the cases were unanimous The Thc action was begun In the state courts under the state antitrust laws and resulted r In a verdict directing d the cancellation of the permit to do business in the state and fixing a penalty of or for the violation of the laws Jaws from the time Ume that the issued on May 31 1900 un tin until until til April 24 21 1907 1901 when the action was begun Laws Violated Every Day Cay The bill charged that the company had violated the states laws Jaws every day since it ft had entered the state through a conspiracy with the Stand Standard Standard Standard ard Oil on company of ot New Jersey to control the oil business s in Texas The company com pan denied the charge The pen penalty penalty penalty alty was at the rate of 1500 per day from May 31 1900 to April 1 1503 03 and anda a rate of 50 per day from that time on The case came ti tl t the supreme court on a writ of error Justice Day announced the decision of the supreme ourt affirming the findings of the tho I Texas court The case turned upon the point as to whether the proceedings of I the state against the company had been In wit with i the constitutional re requirement reQuirement requirement for due duo process of law and the court held that such was the case While regarding the fine as very large Jarge Justice Days opinion held that It was WW competent to impose it ft Lawyer Struck Dumb St Louis Jan 18 J D Johnson general attorney for the Oil company and one of the associate counsel l In the Texas suit declined to discuss the decision n The Associated Press dispatch is the first information which I have had on the he ho said Obviously I 1 am api amnot not prepared to discuss It Itt t |