Patterson v. Blatti
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Nobles county to recover $3,250 for assault and battery. The case was tried before Nelson, J., and a jury which returned a verdict for $1,250. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
This is a civil action to recover damages for assault and battery. Plaintiff recovered a verdict for $1,250. Defendant appeals. It is conceded that the evidence is sufficient to sustain a verdict in some amount. The errors assigned bear more or less directly upon the amount of damages. , ¡I
1. The trouble started on a sidewalk of a street in Wilmont. The parties clinched, or at least defendant clinched plaintiff, and they rolled off the sidewalk and under or against a portable grain elevator standing near by. When the affair was over, plaintiff had a mark or abrasion on his right thumb, an…
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