May v. Wood
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, to recover damages from the defendants for conspiring together to induce Mary A. Wood to break a certain contract which she had with the plaintiff. In the Superior Court William Wood demurred to the declaration, on the ground that it did not “ set out the words or the substance of the words of the false and malicious statements which said William Wood is alleged to have conspired to make.”
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Tort, to recover damages from the defendants for conspiring together to induce Mary A. Wood to break a certain contract which she had with the plaintiff. In the Superior Court William Wood demurred to the declaration, on the ground that it did not “ set out the words or the substance of the words of the false and malicious statements which said William Wood is alleged to have conspired to make.” The dimurrer was sustained, and judgment ordered for the defendant ; and the plaintiff appealed to this court. The material portions of the demurrer appear in the opinion. The case was argued at the…
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
The declaration, after setting forth the agreement between the plaintiff and Mary A. Wood, which is alleged to have been “ that the plaintiff should continue to reside as before with the said Mary A. Wood, and to receive $4.00 as weekly compensation, and the said Mary A. Wood agreed to provide by will a legacy of $700, to be paid to the plaintiff upon the death of said Mary A. Wood,” then alleges “ that the defendants, for the purpose of depriving the plaintiff of the benefit of said agreement, and of the legacy provided for her by a codicil to the will of said Mary A. Wood, conspired…
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