Shramek v. Walker

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

This is an action for damages on account of an assault and battery by the defendant upon the plaintiff which resulted in serious bodily injury to him. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $2,500 actual and $1,000 punitive damages. From the judgment entered upon that verdict the defendant has appealed.

The defendant Walker was the proprietor of a store at which the plaintiff Shramek was accustomed to trade. Upon his entering the store upon a certain day, he and the defendant got into a controversy about a past-due…