Bausbach v. Reiff
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 49, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1910, No. 235, entering compulsory nonsuit in case of George Bausbach v. Frank G. Reiff, et al. Trespass for conspiracy.
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Appeal, No. 49, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1910, No. 235, entering compulsory nonsuit in case of George Bausbach v. Frank G. Reiff, et al. Trespass for conspiracy. Before Bechtel, J. From the pleadings it appeared that plaintiff was employed as an engineer by the Rettig Brewing Company of Pottsville and that he was discharged because the defendants, twenty-eight in number, joined in a paper addressed to the brewing company requesting his discharge and threatening to stop work in a body if he was not discharged. When plaintiff was on the stand he…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
The record in this case is unsatisfactory. Upon the conclusion of the plaintiff’s testimony, the defendant’s counsel moved for a nonsuit. The trial judge directed that a compulsory nonsuit be entered, and at the same time, without motion by plaintiff, entered a rule to strike the nonsuit off. Plaintiff’s counsel then suggested that the case might rest with the direction for a compulsory nonsuit, because an appeal might then be taken at once and an early hearing had in the Supreme Court. Thereupon the trial judge said: “I will direct a nonsuit to be entered, and I…
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