Peterson v. Toner

The plaintiff sued defendant in the Muskegon circuit court, in an action on the case for assault and battery and malicious prosecution, arid recovered a judgment before a jury for $100 on the former charge, and $70 on the latter.

The parties were neighboring farmers, living in the township of Dalton, in Muskegon county. They had not been good friends, but had had difficulty on different •occasions, running back over a period of three years and over. On Sunday, November 18, 1888, the plaintiff ■started to cross defendant's premises, entering them from the highway through a gate, which he left…