Opinion ID: 1498889
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Charge to Jury.

Text: The contention of appellant concerning the charge to the jury is aimed at that part of the charge which informed the jury that if it found the defendant had entered into the conspiracy to injure appellee's business and if they further found that plaintiff's Potosi beer business was injured and impaired and damaged by reason of the commission of these acts by appellant, then it might assess damages therefor. The attack of appellant is that such loss or damage would be remote, speculative, and there is no sufficient evidence to show any Potosi business lost by reason of any act of the defendant, and no evidence showing with reasonable certainty any profits that would have been made. Considering the place of this Potosi beer business in the situation affected by appellant's acts, damage on account thereof is not (as discussed hereinabove) too remote or speculative. As stated hereinabove, the evidence was sufficient to show the damages through loss of profits on this business since the amount of loss of sales of Potosi beer is shown and the rate of profits.