Stewart v. McLellan's Stores Co.

The opinion of ffie Court was delivered by

Mr. ChiEE Justice Boni-iam.

Plaintiff brought action in the Court of Common Pleas for Union County to recover damages, actual and punitive, for injuries alleged to have been suffered by reason of an assault and battery willfully, intentionally and maliciously in fiicted upon her by C. E. Johnson, the manager of defendant’s store, who with considerable force and violence maliciously struck and slapped plaintiff on the right side of her face; by which unlawful, willful and malicious assault and battery plaintiff was greatly humiliated, outraged and…