Berry v. Donovan

This is an action of tort brought to recover damages sustained by reason of the defendant’s malicious interference with the plaintiff’s contract of employment. The plaintiff was a shoemaker, employed by the firm of Hazen B. Goodrich and Company at Haverhill, Massachusetts, under a contract terminable at will. At the time of the interference complained of he had been so employed nearly four years. The defendant was the representative at Haverhill of a national organization of shoe workers, called the Boot and Shoe Workers’ TJnion, of which he was also a member. The evidence showed that he…