Mathison v. Anderson
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Wahkiakum county, Hewen, J., entered July 31, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action in tort.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
— This action was brought to recover damages by reason of an alleged conspiracy between the defendants to injure the reputation and business of the *450plaintiff. . The complaint alleged that the defendants, being postmaster and assistant postmaster at Deep River, in Wahkiakum county, unlawfully opened plaintiff’s mail and thereby became possessed of information about plaintiff’s business, and thereby destroyed a lucrative logging business and prevented plaintiff from successfully establishing a line of steamers between Deep River, Washington, and Astoria, Oregon; that, by reason of defendants’…
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- Mathison v. AndersonWashington Supreme Court · 1919