In re Heffron
Missouri Court of Appeals
Habeas Corpus — Original Proceeding. Statement. — This is an original proceeding instituted in this court through suing out a writ of habeas corpus. There are three of the petitioners who' invoke the writ, viz., William H. Heffron, George Ringler and Oscar Close.
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Habeas Corpus — Original Proceeding. Statement. — This is an original proceeding instituted in this court through suing out a writ of habeas corpus. There are three of the petitioners who' invoke the writ, viz., William H. Heffron, George Ringler and Oscar Close. Though it does not fully appear,, it is to be inferred that these petitioners, with a number of others, were defendants in an injunction suit instituted by the St. Louis Catering Company against Hubert C. Wade and others in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis with, a view of restraining them from levying and pursuing a boycott…
1Opinion of the CourtNortoni, J.
(after stating the facts). — There can he no doubt that a number of persons, confederated together in combination, as through a conspiracy, may he restrained by a court of equity from interfering with the business of another so as to entail a substantial injury upon him, as by persuading his patrons, against their will, or by means of violence or threats *649preventing them from having beneficial business intercourse with the person against which the unlawful conspiracy is directed. [See Lohse Patent Door Co. v. Fuelle, 215 Mo. 421, 114 S. W. 997; Clarkson v. Laiblan, 178 Mo. App. 708, 161 S. W.…
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