Elguth v. Grueszka
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Trespass for assault and battery. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. James Goo-gun, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1894.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
The appellee sued the appellant for assault and battery. On her behalf, over the objection and exception of the appellant, the court permitted a witness to state that at the door of Ms place of business, seventy-five feet from the appellant’s store or shop, the witness saw the appellee, blood dripping from her nose and lips, and asked what was the matter, to which she replied, pointing to the appellant’s place, “ that peddler, he struck me severely.”
Without that testimony it is impossible to say that the appellee would have obtained a verdict; and the admission of that was error.
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