Legal Opinion
Diver v. Miller
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided March 19, 1929No. 59PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Harrington, J.,
delivering the opinion of the court:
The declaration is in case based on the commission of a tort by the defendants and contains an allegation of conspiracy. An action on the case in the nature of a conspiracy is now the usual and proper method of suit in civil actions in most, if not in all, cases where there is an agreement between two or more persons to do some unlawful act, and where such act is actually committed, and the plaintiff is damaged thereby. Parker v. Huntington, 2 Gray (Mass.) 124; Jones v. Baker, 7 Cow. (N. Y.) 445; Livermore v. *210Herschell, 3 Pick. (Mass.) 33;…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Angle v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Rich v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Rice v. . ManleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Raymond v. YarringtonTexas Supreme Court · 1903
- Robertson v. ParksCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1892
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Imperial Ice Co. v. RossierCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
- Henis v. Compania Agricola De GuatemalaDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1953
- Park-In Theatres, Inc. v. Paramount-Richards Theatres Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1950
- Fuchs v. Parsons Construction CompanyNebraska Supreme Court · 1958
- Garber v. WhittakerSuperior Court of Delaware · 1934
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