Baker v. Haldeman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Dent Circuit Court. This was an action to recover damages for an alleged assault upon tbe minor son of plaintiff by tbe minor son of defendant. Tbe petition charges an assault with a knife, and a cutting, maiming and disabling therewith ; and a loss of service and an expenditure of large sums in the cure, &e.
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Error to Dent Circuit Court. This was an action to recover damages for an alleged assault upon tbe minor son of plaintiff by tbe minor son of defendant. Tbe petition charges an assault with a knife, and a cutting, maiming and disabling therewith ; and a loss of service and an expenditure of large sums in the cure, &e. The following instruction was given at the instance of defendant: “ Unless the plaintiff has established that the boy was of a vicious disposition and habits, and that the father knew it at the time, he is not responsible in damages for the injury sustained, and the jury will…
1Opinion of the CourtLeonakd, Judge
It seems to have been assumed in the trial of this cause that a father was responsible for the injury caused by the wilful wrong of his minor child; and the question discussed was whether this liability existed in all cases, or was confined to the case where the child was of a vicious disposition and the father was aware of it. The court decided, at the instance of the defendant, that he was liable only in the latter class of cases, and the jury accordingly found for the defendant.
An opinion, we believe, prevails to some extent in the community, that a father must answer for all the civil…
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