Melo-Tone Vending, Inc. v. Sherry, Inc.

Relatively recent opinions that have undertaken to explicate the torts of intentional interference with a contract or prospective contractual relations have underscored that a *316necessary element of those causes of action is a defendant’s improper purpose or use of improper means while interfering with the contractual arrangements of others. See United Truck Leasing Corp. v. Geltman, 406 Mass. 811, 816-817 (1990); Wright v Shriners Hosp. for Crippled Children, 412 Mass. 469, 476 (1992); Boothby v. Texon, Inc., 414 Mass. 468, 487 (1993); King v. Driscoll, 418 Mass. 576, 587 (1994); Serení v.…