Burke v. Dendinger

This is an appeal from a judgment for damages in favor of the plaintiff, appellee herein, and against the defendant, appellant herein, growing out of an assault charged by the former, to have been committed by the latter. There was trial to a jury; verdict for $1,000 awarded against defendant; motion for new trial overruled; and judgment entered upon the verdict. Thereafter, the defendant failing to supersede under section 20-1916, Comp. St. 1929, execution was issued to the sheriff of Cedar county who, armed with his writ, enforced payment by the judgment debtor prior to the filing of the…