Klein v. Pasch

Plaintiff and a companion went to a public watering trough in the little village of New Trier, Minnesota, to water a span of horses and some cows. While there, defendants approached them. Defendant Pasch, stating he had something unsettled with plaintiff, took the halter ropes out of his hands and gave them to Landsberger. Thereupon, according to plaintiff’s evidence, Pasch gave plaintiff a push, threw him down, pounded him with his fists, and bit a piece out of his ear; Landsberger did not touch plaintiff, but called to Pasch to “give it to him” when plaintiff was down and being beaten; and…