Wilson v. Hall

Bdume, Justice.

Wilson, the plaintiff, sued the defendant Hall for damages for an assault and battery. The case was tried to the court without the intervention of a jury. Judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff for $500 actual damages and $1,000 punitive damages. From that judgment the defendant has appealed. The parties will be named herein in the same manner as in the court below.

1. The defendant claims that .the plaintiff’s petition contains no allegations which would authorize the recovery of punitive or exemplary damages. There is some confusion in the authorities as to what, if any,…