Locker v. Hudson Coal Co.

Eagen, J.,

This is an action in trespass alleging tortious interference by defendant with the relationship existing between plaintiff and several of his business customers. Preliminary objections to the complaint in the nature of a demurrer and a motion for a more specific statement are before us for consideration and decision.

We shall first discuss whether or not a cause of action is pleaded.

The facts alleged are substantially. and briefly as follows: For several years plaintiff and “his predecessors in business” were engaged in the business of selling and hauling “coned cleaned coal”…