Shoemaker v. Jackson

One Weyer and plaintiff were walking along a street of Villisca in the afternoon of July 31, 1903, when defendant requested the latter to come up to his office. He did so, and when both were inside defendant locked the door and administered to plaintiff a severe whipping. He had provided a whip for this purpose some time previous, having deliberately decided to have Weyer arrested and to chastise Shoemaker. To the petition claiming damages the defendant -pleaded certain facts in mitigation and also a counterclaim. The, only rulings complained of are the refusal of the court to submit the…