Snyder v. Walters

Mays, J.,

The plaintiff in this action seeks to recover damages for injuries sustained as the result of a gunshot wound in the right foot, necessitating the amputation of the foot.

The plaintiff testified that he was standing in a grass field, leaning against a fence; that the defendant came to within 3 feet of him when he took his gun from under his arm and held it in his hands with one hand on the trigger-guard and the other on the barrel; that the gun was pointed directly at the plaintiff’s foot; and that while it was being held in this manner it was discharged, the load entering the…