Lane v. Rushmore

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Donges, J.

The court of chancery, on the advice of Vice-Chancellor Stein, enjoined the prosecution of an action at law by the appellants, being Rushmore, the plaintiff, and Bernstein, his attorney, against Merritt Lane and Hazel Howe Opie, formerly Mrs. Rushmore, which law suit charged them with a conspiracy to institute and prosecute groundless matrimonial proceedings against Rushmore and thereby to procure large sums of money by way of alimony and counsel fees. The bill filed by Lane set up that the action at law was inspired by malice and a desire on…