Rood v. Newman

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The plaintiff did not sue Huey, the owner of the property, to recover his alleged commission due him under the contract with Huey, but it is evident that the action sounds in tort, and was brought upon the theory that the defendants maliciously conspired together to induce Huey to break his contract with the plaintiff, to the damage of the plaintiff. In such a case it is unnecessary to join with the two defendants other parties who may have participated in the conspiracy. “In all cases he who maliciously procures an injury to be done to another, whether it…