Schwab v. Mabley

These actions are in most respects alike in allegations, and are in all respects alike in the legal questions involved. They are all for damages alleged to have arisen from a conspiracy to defeat the several plaintiffs in prosecuting or enforcing legal proceedings. In Schwab’s case the interference was alleged to have been with the enforcement of a judgment. In the other cases it referred to pending suits, and the interference was to delay and prevent the trial.

The allegation of a mere conspiracy need not, perhaps, in all cases, show the specific means which the conspirators intend to use,…