McGurk v. Cronenwett
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for maliciously causing the Standard Plate Glass Company to break its contract with the plaintiff as stated below. Writ dated August 6, 1907. The declaration was as follows: “ First count: The plaintiff says that on the eleventh day of July 1906 in the city of Boston, in said county of Suffolk and said Commonwealth of Massachusetts, he entered into an agreement in writing with the Standard Plate Glass Company whereby said company agreed to employ the plaintiff and the…
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Tort for maliciously causing the Standard Plate Glass Company to break its contract with the plaintiff as stated below. Writ dated August 6, 1907. The declaration was as follows: “ First count: The plaintiff says that on the eleventh day of July 1906 in the city of Boston, in said county of Suffolk and said Commonwealth of Massachusetts, he entered into an agreement in writing with the Standard Plate Glass Company whereby said company agreed to employ the plaintiff and the plaintiff agreed to serve said company as sales manager of its New England branch in said city of Boston from the first…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
The judge of the Superior Court rightly declined to sustain the defendant’s demurrer on either one of the fourth, sixth and seventh grounds assigned. It does not appear that the action was intended to be for slander or libel, or for any words or statements uttered or published- by the defendant concerning the plaintiff; and the doctrine of May v. Wood, 172 Mass. 11, and Rice v. Albee, 164 Mass. 88, does not apply here. The rule of those cases ought not to be extended to actions not brought for slander or libel.
Nor is it necessary that the contract between the plaintiff and the Standard Plate…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Walker v. CroninMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Berry v. DonovanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Beekman v. MarstersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Moran v. DunphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- May v. WoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
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- Commonwealth v. GricusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Comerford v. MeierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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