Legal Opinion
Kaiser-Frazer Corp. v. Eaton
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided September 21, 1953No. 646PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Herrmann, J.:-
This is an action in tort for alleged wrongful inducement of breach of contract.
By its complaint, the plaintiff alleged that the defendants, without privilege to do so, induced and purposely caused First California Company and Otis & Co. to fail to perform a certain underwriting contract, dated February 3, 1948, which the plaintiff had with those companies. The plaintiff alleged that, in order to furnish an excuse for such nonperformance, the defendants “plotted” and “procured the filing of an action” against the plaintiff and certain of its directors by one Masterson, a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Kaiser-Frazer Corp. v. Otis & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Bantum v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1952
- Riskin v. TowersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
- Britton v. Continental Mining & Smelting Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
- Chandler v. MilesSuperior Court of Delaware · 1937
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3Cited by6 opinions
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