Rutledge v. Rowland
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Calhoun Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Alston. Action by John Rowland against George Rutledge and others for assault and battery. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. The facts and the exceptions to evidence are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from Calhoun Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Alston. Action by John Rowland against George Rutledge and others for assault and battery. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. The facts and the exceptions to evidence are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The following charges were refused to the defendant: “(A) The court charges the jury that if they are reasonably satisfied from all the evidence in the case that the plaintiff did on the 6th day of July, 1907, in the town of Jacksonville, Ala., commit the offense of carrying a pistol about his person,…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
This action was brought by the appellee against the appellants, to recover damages for an assault and battery.
There was no error in overruling the objection to the question to the witness Dr. Douthitt: “What was there *122in the calaboose?” No grounds for said objection are set out, and the witness had already testified without objection that he saw nothing in the calaboose but a bucket. Moreover, the witness had testified to an indentation on the head, which he attributed to the blow which he had seen inflicted on the plaintiff, and it was proper to show whether there was anything in the…
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