Lohse Patent Door Co. v. Fuelle
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon Warwick Hough, Judge. (1) The acts of respondents in combining to coerce appellants to unionize their mills and discharge their non-union employees, the same to be enforced by compelling appellants’ customers to withdraw patronage from appellants, under threats of loss and damage to the business of appellants’ customers, constitute an illegal conspiracy and a boycott; a court of equity will enjoin such a boycott and the means…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon Warwick Hough, Judge. (1) The acts of respondents in combining to coerce appellants to unionize their mills and discharge their non-union employees, the same to be enforced by compelling appellants’ customers to withdraw patronage from appellants, under threats of loss and damage to the business of appellants’ customers, constitute an illegal conspiracy and a boycott; a court of equity will enjoin such a boycott and the means used to enforce it, without violating any constitutional right of free speech or freedom to publish, (a) A combination.to…
1Opinion of the Court
"WOODSON, J.
This suit had its origin in the circuit -court of the city of St. Louis, the object of which is to enjoin the defendants from declaring and prosecuting a boycott against the appellant and its business.
Defendants demurred to the petition, which was by the court sustained. Plaintiff declined to plead further, and the court entered.final judgment for defendants, and, in due time, plaintiff appealed the cause to this court.
As counsel for the respective parties do not agree upon just what the petition charges, it will be necessary to set it out in haec verba. Omitting the formal parts,…
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