Mawich v. Elsey

The plaintiff, a married woman, brought this action in the Superior Court of Detroit to obtain damages for an assault of an indecent kind which she alleges the defendant committed upon her. The jury found against her and she asks a reversal on sundry exceptions taken at the trial. The general inquiry is whether any mistakes so far serious were committed as to render it necessary to ’disturb the result. The theory on which the defendant resisted the suit was that the charge was a sheer fabrication by the plaintiff and her husband to extort money, and of course that they were guilty…