Chauvin v. Caldwell
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Seventeenth Judicial District •Court, Parish of Vermilion; William Pierre-pont Edwards, Judge. Action by Oscar J. Chauvin against Vernon L. Caldwell. Prom the judgment, plaintiff •appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
This suit is in damages for assault and battery. The jury'allowed 825, and the plaintiff has appealed. Defendant has answered the appeal, and prayed that •the suit be dismissed.
Defendant is a general contractor. His •firm had built a house for plaintiff, and his brother, acting for the firm, had made a settlement with .plaintiff. In this settlement, -plaintiff had deducted 840 from the contract price for a debt which he said the defendant’s firm owed him.
A few days later plaintiff was on the street with a friend, when defendant accosted him, and asked him to step aside, as he wanted to have a…
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