Hannabalson v. Sessions
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Gouri.- — Iíon. N. W-i Macy, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for an alleged assault and battery. There was a verdict and judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. —
1Opinion of the Court
Weaver, J. —
1 Plaintiff and defendant live upon adjoining lots. There is frequent war between the families. The casus belli in the present instance is to be found in the following circumstances: Upon the boundary line between the lots is a tight board fence, a part of which was built by plaintiff’s husband; but, unfortunately, this barrier, while all sufficient to prevent the passage of the dove of peace, is neither high enough nor tight 'enough to prevent the interchange of brick bats or the bandying of opprobious epithets. On May 80, 1898, the defendant, while at work in his garden, claimed…
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