Campbell v. Cooper
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
This is an action on the case, alleging that the defendant enticed away from the plaintiff’s service, Mary Cooper and John B. Cooper, servants of the plaintiff, and received and harbored them.
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This is an action on the case, alleging that the defendant enticed away from the plaintiff’s service, Mary Cooper and John B. Cooper, servants of the plaintiff, and received and harbored them. It appeared that said Mary and John were children of a brother of the defendant; that their father, Charles A. Cooper, died in May, 1849, and their mother about a year after ; that their parents were very poor and unable to support themselves, and were resident in Alstead ; that Mary was born December 6, 1839, and John February 14, 1841. The plaintiff offered evidence tending to show that not long…
1Opinion of the CourtSawyer, J.
The claim of the plaintiff is for damages on account of the alleged unlawful acts of the defendant, in enticing away from the service of the plaintiff the two minors, Mary Cooper and John B. Cooper, and receiving and harboring them, while owing service to him. It is well settled that to entice away from the service of the master one to whose services he is entitled, is in law an injury for which he may have redress hi damages.
Two positions have been taken by the counsel for the plaintiff in the argument. 1. That the plaintiff had the legal right to the services of the minors as against them…
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