Garret against Taylor
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1791 |
| Date | 01 January 1791 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 79 E.R. 485
IN THE KING'S BENCH.
Referred to, Mogul S. S. Co. v. M'Gregor, 1889-1892, 23 Q. B. D. 614; [1892], A. C. 25.
case 4. garret against taylor. [Referred to, MogulS. S. Co. v. M'Gregor, 1889-1892, 23 Q. B. D. 614 ; [1892], A. C. 25.] An action for misfeasance will lie for threatening the workmen or customers of another, so that he thereby loses profit. 2 Eoll. Eep. 162. Danv. Ab. 201. 1 Bac. Ab. 53, 54. Action on the case. Whereas he was a free mason, and used to sell stones, and to make stona-buildings, and was possessed of a lease for divers years to come of a stone-pit in Hedington, in the county of Oxford, and digged divers stories there, as well to sell as to build withal; that the defendant, to discredit and to deprive him of the commodity of the said mine, imposed so many and so great threats upon his workmen, and all comers disturbed, threatening to mayhem and vex them with auits if they bought any stones; whereupon they all desisted from buying, and the others from working, &c. Alter judgment by nihil dicit for the plaintiff, and damages found by inquisition to fifteen pounds, it was moved in arrest of judgment, that this action lay not; for nothing is...
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