Meier v. Speer
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Daniel Hon, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. John Carbaugh, who lived in Fort Smith, Arkansas, was a contractor, and engaged in the building of houses. He also was-engaged in the manufacture and sale of brick. The Fort Smith Biscuit Company had instructed its president to let a -contract to iCarbaugh for the building of its factory and two ovens.
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Daniel Hon, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. John Carbaugh, who lived in Fort Smith, Arkansas, was a contractor, and engaged in the building of houses. He also was-engaged in the manufacture and sale of brick. The Fort Smith Biscuit Company had instructed its president to let a -contract to iCarbaugh for the building of its factory and two ovens. Carbaugh was unable to procure one O’Neal, a stone contractor, to lay the foundation of the building. O’Neal refused to take the contract to lay the foundation for the reason that the masons in…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
(after stating the facts). The court should have directed a verdict in favor of appellants. We do not discover any evidence in the record of a conspiracy upon their part to injure the business of Carbaugh. No attempt was made by them, either individually or collectively, to dissuade O’Neal, for whom they were working, from entering into the contract with Carbaugh to lay the foundation of the Fort Smith Biscuit Company’s factory. Nor does the evidence show any effort upon the part of these appellants to prevent Zimmerman from buying brick from Carbaugh. Certainly there is no evidence in this…
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