United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Millonas
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; C. B. Smith, Judge. Action by John Millonas against the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company for damages for causing loss of employment. Judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals. The plaintiff was without cause of action, as the act done or threatened was a lawful act, or such an' act as he has a lawful right to do. 163 Ala. 348, 50 South. 1008; E. R. 1898, App.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; C. B. Smith, Judge. Action by John Millonas against the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company for damages for causing loss of employment. Judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals. The plaintiff was without cause of action, as the act done or threatened was a lawful act, or such an' act as he has a lawful right to do. 163 Ala. 348, 50 South. 1008; E. R. 1898, App. Cas. 1; 68 Vt. 219, 35 Atl. 53, 33 E. R. A. 225, 54 Am. St. Rep. 882; 101 Va. 414, 44 S. E. 721, 99 Am. St. Rep. 914; 255 111. 213, 99 N. E. 3S9, Ann. Cas. 1913D, 347; 231…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
Appellee, John Miñonas, recovered a judgment for $25,000 against appellant United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, in an action on the case for willfully, maliciously, and wrongfully procuring the discharge of appellee from his employment by the firm of A. Diniaco & Bro., and from this judgment the defendant prosecutes this appeal.
In July, 1918, the plaintiff was working as a sheeter for Diniaco & Bro. in the Birmingham district, earning $11 per day. Diniaco & Bro. did construction work in various parts of the country, and plaintiff was sent to this particular territory from the head…
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