Holloway v. Skinner
Texas Supreme Court
1DissentHightower, Justice
I dissent because I disagree with the court’s opimon in at least three significant *805respects. First, the court misplaces the burden of proof for the affirmative defense of legal justification on the plaintiff. Second, the court has not decided the legal justification question and erroneously assumes, apparently -without deciding and absent any analysis, that a corporate officer or agent is legally justified in interfering with a contract between the corporation and a third party when the officer acts in good faith and believes that what he does is for the best interest of the corporation.…
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