Taylor v. Pratt

By general motion the defendant asks this Court to order a new trial in this action of tort brought to recover damages which the plaintiff claims she sustained by reason of his procurement of her discharge as an employee of one Ham.

The plaintiff, a married woman, was employed on October 12, 1935, as a clerk in Ham’s Drug Store in Livermore Falls. Intermittently for a period of approximately two and a half years she had worked for him, her latest service having started some five weeks before October 12th.

The defendant, a physician and surgeon, had been a valued customer of Mr. Ham for about…