Jennett v. Patten
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass for assault and battery. Plea, not guilty and self-defence. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1904, Chittenden County, Powers, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtTyrer, J.
This action ■ is trespass for an assault and battery; pleas not guilty and self-defence; verdict for the plaintiff. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that he and the defendant met in a barn, where they had a right to be, and that words passed between them,, resulting, as the plaintiff claimed, in the defendant’s assaulting him. The defendant claimed that he acted in self-defence.
The exceptions state that the plaintiff called the defendant as his first witness and examined him on all points as fully as he would have been allowed to do in cross-examination if he had been called as a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- McKinstry v. CollinsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1902
- Scott v. MooreSupreme Court of Vermont · 1868
- Hartford v. School District No. 13Supreme Court of Vermont · 1896
- Whitcher v. Town of PeachamSupreme Court of Vermont · 1879
3Cited by5 opinions
- Wellman, Admr. v. WalesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1925
- White River Chair Co. v. Connecticut River Power Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1932
- Boville v. Dalton Paper MillsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1912
- Ryan v. RooneySupreme Court of Vermont · 1914
- Mears v. DanielsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1911