Willis v. Muscogee Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Butt. Muscogee superior court. November 12, 1903. cited Civil Code, §3841; Ga. Rep. 71/112: 93/633; 108/411; 115/429; 19 L. E. A. 408; 62 L. E. A. 700, and note; 80 Tex. 400, s. c. 16 S. W. 111. cited 86 Ga. 294; 7 Pickle, 154; 54 Minn. 223 (55 N. W. 1119); 21 L. E. A. 337; 6 Tex. Civ. App 11; 159 Pa. St. 420 ; 33 W. N. C. 421; 28 Atl. 190; 33 Atl. 1; 38 L. E. A. 505; 21. S. W. 384; 65 N. Y. Supp. 946; 51 Cen.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Butt. Muscogee superior court. November 12, 1903. cited Civil Code, §3841; Ga. Rep. 71/112: 93/633; 108/411; 115/429; 19 L. E. A. 408; 62 L. E. A. 700, and note; 80 Tex. 400, s. c. 16 S. W. 111. cited 86 Ga. 294; 7 Pickle, 154; 54 Minn. 223 (55 N. W. 1119); 21 L. E. A. 337; 6 Tex. Civ. App 11; 159 Pa. St. 420 ; 33 W. N. C. 421; 28 Atl. 190; 33 Atl. 1; 38 L. E. A. 505; 21. S. W. 384; 65 N. Y. Supp. 946; 51 Cen. L. J. 304; 77 N. W. 13; 13 Lea, 507; 49 Am. R. 666; 55 L. R. A. 271; 124 Fed. 246; Cooke’s Trade and Labor Unions, 26,
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
Willis brought suit for damages against the Muscogee Manufacturing Company, alleging, that the defendant had wrongfully reported him to certain othér companies as having left its service in violation of one of its rules, and that, because of such report, such other companies had, under an agreement with the defendant, refused to give him employment. The evidence introduced by the plaintiff was substantially as follows: In 1902 several cotton-mill companies in Muscogee county, Georgia, among them the defendant, agreed to make and post in their mills a rule requiring employees, when leaving the…
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