Lang v. Hill

This is an action for assault and battery. From an adverse judgment based on a finding by the court below that the action was barred by the statute of limitations, the plaintiff appeals.

The date of the assault and battery as alleged in the complaint was November 20, 1955. The complaint was filed and the summons delivered to the sheriff on October 1, 1957. On December 23, 1957, service of complaint and summons was made on the defendant in Klamath county, Oregon. Thereafter, the defendant filed his amended answer in which he set up the above facts as a bar to the action. Plaintiff filed a reply…