Glassey v. Dye

Calkins, C.

This was a civil action to recover damages for an assault and battery. There was a verdict and judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.

1. The plaintiff sought to recover for two assaults pleaded as separate causes of action; the first occurring on the 11th day of July, and the second on the 23d of the same month. In the view we have taken of the case, it will only be necessary for us to consider the facts of the latter date. It appears that the parties were neighboring farmers, between whom there had been considerable friction, and that the defendant had forbidden…