McManus v. Ryan

Appeal from an order dismissing the complaint for insufficiency (Rules Civ. Prac., rule 106, subd. 4), with leave to plead over. In 1954 appellant established two travel agencies in Nassau County, in which county respondents were already conducting their own agency. Appellant brought this action against respondents to, inter alia, recover damages for allegedly unlawfully inducing all airlines to withhold from him all agency appointments from 1954 onward. The complaint was dismissed on the ground that the acts complained of were not unlawful, as respects such a service business, prior to the…