Raycroft v. Tayntor
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action on the case. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March term, 1895, Washington county, Start, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The defendant had the legal right to compel Libersont to leave the premises, and no action arises from the exercise of a legal right with malice.
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Action on the case. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March term, 1895, Washington county, Start, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The defendant had the legal right to compel Libersont to leave the premises, and no action arises from the exercise of a legal right with malice. Hayward v. Tillson, 75 Me. 225. The defendant was an entire stranger to the contract between the plaintiff and Libersont, and his malicious interference with it was actionable. Chifley v. Atkinson, 23 Fla. 206; Lucke v. Cutters’ Assembly, 77 Md. 386; White v.…
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, C. J.
At the close of the testimony the defendant requested the court to direct the jury to return a verdict in his favor, and excepted to its failure to comply with this request. He also excepted to that portion of the charge of the court set out in the exceptions. These exceptions raise the same question. He contends that the defendant’s relation to the business and property of C. E. Tayntor was such that no liability arose from his acts, of which the plaintiff complains. C. E. Tayntor owned and operated a granite quarry, in the fall of 1891, and therein employed from sixty to ninety workmen. He…
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