Schonwald v. Ragains
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Brror from District Court, Kay County; W. M. Bozales, Judge. Action by James G. Ragains against Dave Schonwald and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. In the winter of 1904-05, Ragains, the plaintiff below, took from the Chikaska river and stored in the city of Blackwell a large quantity of merchantable ice, with intent to sell the same at retail to the merchants and other customers in said city.
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Brror from District Court, Kay County; W. M. Bozales, Judge. Action by James G. Ragains against Dave Schonwald and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. In the winter of 1904-05, Ragains, the plaintiff below, took from the Chikaska river and stored in the city of Blackwell a large quantity of merchantable ice, with intent to sell the same at retail to the merchants and other customers in said city. In pursuance of such intent, he solicited and procured contracts with a large number of such consumers, and made all necessary arrangements for the complete establishment of a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
ROBERTSON, C.
(after stating the facts as above). There is but one question in this case that demands the consideration of the court. Was it an actionable tort for Schon-wald and the Blackwell Ice Company to procure, induce, and cause, as charged in the petition, the persons who had contracts with Ragains for the purchase of his ice at retail to ignore and violate their contracts under the facts and circumstances of this case? The general verdict of the jury was a finding on all the facts as alleged in the petition necessary to sustain the judgment, so that the real inquiry may be…
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