Hunt v. Simonds
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. This was an action brought by Hunt against the officers of the various insurance companies in the city of St. Louis, to recover damages for an alleged conspiracy to ruin him in his business.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. This was an action brought by Hunt against the officers of the various insurance companies in the city of St. Louis, to recover damages for an alleged conspiracy to ruin him in his business. The petition alleged that the plaintiff, for a period of about nineteen years, had followed the business' of a steamboat captain and pilot, as a means of support for himself and his family, and during all that time, had been, and had enjoyed the reputation of being, a prudent, competent and trustworthy captain and pilot; that by reason of his long and constant…
1Opinion of the CourtGamble, Judge
The petition in this case charges the defendants, who are officers of various insurance companies in St. Louis, with having combined, confederated and conspired wilfully and maliciously to injure and wholly ruin the plaintiff in his trade and occupation as commander of a steamboat, and having for that *586purpose, and with the intent of effecting the object, refused, without cause, to take any insurance upon Ms boat, whereby he was deprived of all benefit from his occupation, and was compelled to sell his boat and abandon his business. This is the strongest statement of the plaintiff’s case, set…
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