Faunce v. Searles
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Jackson county against Scott Searles and Henry A. Rhodes to recover $10,000 for maliciously procuring the board of education of a certain school district to annul its contract with plaintiff. The case was tried before Quinn, J., who at the close of plaintiff’s case denied defendants’ motions to dismiss the action and at the close of the trial defendants’ motions for a directed verdict in their favor.
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Action in the district court for Jackson county against Scott Searles and Henry A. Rhodes to recover $10,000 for maliciously procuring the board of education of a certain school district to annul its contract with plaintiff. The case was tried before Quinn, J., who at the close of plaintiff’s case denied defendants’ motions to dismiss the action and at the close of the trial defendants’ motions for a directed verdict in their favor. The jury returned a verdict for $5,750 in favor of plaintiff. Defendants’ motions for judgment in their favor notwithstanding the verdict were denied and their…
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, C.
This action was brought hy the plaintiff against the defendants to recover damages for wrongfully and maliciously procuring a school district to break its contract with him. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $5,750. The defendants made an alternative motion for judgment or for a new trial. The court denied the motion for judgment, but granted the motion for a new trial, unless the plaintiff remitted all of the verdict in excess of $2,500. Tie remitted. The defendants appeal from the order made on the alternative motion.
1. The malicious interference with the…
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