Ireland v. Elliott
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, the Henry District Oov/rt. This action was brought to recover damages for an assault and battery upon the plaintiff by -the defendant. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the defendant, from which the plaintiff appeals. "/The questions made in the case, arise upon the instructions of the, court below, which will be found in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWoodward, J.
The only instructions which are, in strictness, correctly before us, are the fourth and eighth, but they are all so connected, that it becomes requisite to ¶ give somewhat of the purport of the whole. It appears that ■'plaintiff had committed an assault and battery on one Beers, in the prosecution for which, the present defendant had acted as attorney, and had made use of language concerning the plaintiff, to which the latter took ■ exception. In allusion to the conduct of that trial, the court instructed the jury as to their duty and rights, in case they believed the plaintiff’s assault upon…
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