Phillips v. Dickerson

This was an action on the case, brought by Matilda Phillips, against Henry C. Dickerson, charging him with unlawfully entering the house of plaintiff, and violently and abusively conducting himself, whereby plaintiff became terrified, so that she was immediately taken with premature labor, the result of which was the birth of a dead child and great suffering to the plaintiff.

The defendant demurred to the plaintiff’s evidence, and the court sustained the demurrer, and gave judgment for the defendant, to reverse which the plaintiff took this appeal.

The evidence for plaintiff shows that, on the…