Bausbach v. Reiff
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 49, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1910, No. 235, entering compulsory nonsuit in case of George Bausbach v. Frank G. Reiff, et al. Trespass for conspiracy.
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Appeal, No. 49, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1910, No. 235, entering compulsory nonsuit in case of George Bausbach v. Frank G. Reiff, et al. Trespass for conspiracy. Before Bechtel, J. From the pleadings it appeared that plaintiff was employed as an engineer by the Rettig Brewing Company of Pottsville and that he was discharged because the defendants, twenty-eight in number, joined in a paper addressed to the brewing company requesting his discharge and threatening to stop work in a body if he was not discharged. When plaintiff was on the stand he…
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Dissenting Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker:
The plaintiff alleged that the defendants had entered into a conspiracy the effect of which was to cause him to lose the situation by which he earned his living; that the conspiracy culminated in a written demand made by these defendants on their common employer which amounted to a threat that unless the plaintiff was discharged the defendants would embarrass the employer’s business by quitting work in a body. After the trial judge had refused several offers he entered a nonsuit for want of sufficient evidence to prove the plaintiff’s case.
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