Laverty v. Vanarsdale
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county: No. 63, of May Term 1870. This was an action on the case, brought August 22d 1868, by Jesse Laverty against Joseph Yanarsdale and ten others, for conspiracy, and injuring him in his business as a school teacher.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county: No. 63, of May Term 1870. This was an action on the case, brought August 22d 1868, by Jesse Laverty against Joseph Yanarsdale and ten others, for conspiracy, and injuring him in his business as a school teacher. The allegation of the^declaration was, that the plaintiff was, a good teacher, and that his reputation was such that he had long been employed as a teacher in a public school in East Pennsborough township, and that the defendants, for the purpose of preventing his being engaged for another year, wilfully and maliciously…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, July 7th 1870, by
Read, J.
This is an action upon the case, in the nature of a conspiracy against the defendants, for falsely and maliciously combining and conspiring to prevent the plaintiff from obtaining employment as a school teacher, and by reason of which combination and conspiracy he was deprived of employment as a school teacher, and prevented from earning support for himself and family as such. The damage sustained by the plaintiff is the ground of the action, not the conspiracy. “ Where the action is brought against two or more, as concerned in…
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