Legal Opinion

Lund v. Tyler

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 21, 1901PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from Glinton District Court. — Hon. P. B. Wolfe, Judge. Action to recover damages for assault and battery. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.—

1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.

*2371 *236There was evidence tending to show that at the beginning of the fight which resulted in the injury to *237plaintiff, the plaintiff had challenged the defendant to combat, using insulting language in doing so; and the principal complaint of appellant is of the refusal of the trial court to instruct that if plaintiff, by his actions and words, invited the fight in which he was injured, he cannot recover damages for such injuries. There seems to be some authority for such a proposition, and counsel for appellant have cited Galbraith, v. Fleming, 60 Mich. 408 (27 N. W. Rep. 583) ; Smith v. Simon, 69…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Kinney v. CrockerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1864
  2. McCue v. KleinTexas Supreme Court · 1883
  3. Shay v. ThompsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Galbraith v. FlemingMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
  5. Stout v. Wren.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1821

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Umphrey Ex Rel. Umphrey v. DeeryNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Nash v. MeyerIdaho Supreme Court · 1934
  3. Mitchell v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1908
  4. Jordan v. Cedar Rapids & Marion City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1904
  5. Fields v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1913

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