Lake v. Moots

— The plaintiff, as the assignee of C .A. Dillard, on January 28, 1931, filed his petition at law, claiming damages of the defendant in the sum of $20,000.00, caused by the latter’s assault upon Dillard.

On July 3, 1930, Dillard, while seated in an automobile on a street in Oskaloosa, was asked by the defendant to pay a debt owing to the latter. Dillard told the defendant to get into the automobile and he would go uptown and get the money. Dillard started the car without giving defendant much time to get aboard. After defendant got in and the car had proceeded a short distance, an altercation…