Chataigne v. Bergeron

In this case the plaintiff claims damages, resulting from a gunshot wound inflicted by the defendant, by whom he (the plaintiff) was, as he al. leges, waylaid when passing on the public road and going peaceably to his home. The plaintiff sets forth his disabled condition and necessitous circumstances, as ehtitling thim to the damages claimed, which he fixes at $8,000 The defendant pleads a general denial. Upon the trial of the case by a jury *700a verdict'was rendered and a judgment entered up in accordance therewith, for $1,000.

The defendant has appealed.

The evidence for the plaintiff consists…