Weston v. Barnicoat
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for libel. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Dunbar, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, C. J.
This is an action of tort brought against a member of an association of the type considered in Hartnett v. *455Plumbers' Supply Association, 169 Mass. 229, for using the machinery provided by the association’s by-laws. The defendant made a claim against the plaintiff for the price of a granite monument, which the plaintiff declined to pay. The defendant thereupon notified the plaintiff that if the plaintiff did not pay he should report, the plaintiff’s name to the association, to be placed upon its record of those who did not pay their honest debts. The plaintiff not paying, the defendant…
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