Opinion ID: 379493
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Inducement of Advancement, Inc.

Text: 22 As for the alleged contract with Advancement, there is nothing in the record which would support the conclusion that the SBA or Peninger, acting individually, sought to induce Advancement to a breach. The sole allegation of the complaint was that Peninger, acting for the SBA, induced Advancement, Inc. to fail and refuse to perform said agreement in that Advancement, Inc. . . . refused to accept the cashier's checks . . . and refused to assign the Promissory Note, Security Agreement and/or collateral interest owned by Advancement, Inc. to Columbus Developers, Inc. (emphasis supplied). Such a non sequitur of purely conclusory pleading does not adequately spell out causation. Advancement could have declined to assign for a number of reasons, not the least a belief, not induced by any other party, that, in view of the SBA's position, its asserted contract with the plaintiffs was invalid. Cf. Restatement (Second) of Torts § 766, Comment j, para. 2 (1979). 23