Legal Opinion

Nay v. Byers

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1859PublishedCited by 7 opinions

APPEAL from the Henry Court of Common Pleas.

1Opinion of the CourtPerkins, J.

Suit for an assault and battery. Issues of fact. Trial by jury: verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for 500 dollars.

An instruction was asked and refused. The record does not purport to contain all the evidence; hence, we must presume the instruction was refused, because not correct as applicable to the case made by the evidence.

An instruction was given which, it is contended, was *413not justified by the evidence. Upon a case that the evidence might have made under the issues, the instruction would have been correct. The evidence not being in the record, we must presume such a case was made.

W.…

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2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Sherman v. StoryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1866
  2. McCourt v. Singers-BiggerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
  3. Wheeler v. Abilene Nat. Bank Bldg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1908
  4. Roosevelt v. Missouri State Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
  5. Borkenstein v. SchrackIndiana Court of Appeals · 1903

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