Isaacs v. Boyd
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit Court of Benton county. The plaintiff in this case sued out a writ in trespass, for an assault and battery, against Samuel Boyd, William Bragg and Joseph Bragg. The writ was served on Samuel Boyd and William Bragg, against whom, at the October term of the Circuit Court of Benton county, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, plaintiff declared. To the declaration, defendant, William Bragg, pleaded not guilty.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Benton county. The plaintiff in this case sued out a writ in trespass, for an assault and battery, against Samuel Boyd, William Bragg and Joseph Bragg. The writ was served on Samuel Boyd and William Bragg, against whom, at the October term of the Circuit Court of Benton county, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, plaintiff declared. To the declaration, defendant, William Bragg, pleaded not guilty. At the April term of said Court, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, defendant Boyd, filed his plea, actio jion puis dañen continuance, as follows: “And now at this day,…
1Opinion of the CourtGoldthwaite, J.
To this action of tres*391pass for an assault and battery, commenced by the plaintiff, who is a minor, and sues by her prochein ami, Boyd, one of the defendants interposed a plea, puis dañen continuance, stating in substance, that the plaintiff received by her prochien ami, who is her father and natural guardian, and under whose care and protection, she was at the time, the sum of seventy-five dollars, in full compensation of all damages done by the defendant, meaning and intending thereby to discharge and dismiss the said suit, against the defendant Boyd, — and the plea avers that said sum was…
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