Johnston v. Pittard

The plaintiff sued the six defendants in this case, for personal injuries alleged to have resulted from the conduct of the defendants in the perpetration of a practical joke. He alleged substantially, that one of the defendants persuaded him to go with him to a certain house in the country to see some “wild women;” and that when they arrived there a man’s voice from the house yelled; that two shots were fired, one in the direction of the plaintiff; that he ran in desperation and fear of his life, and fell into a ditch, as a result of which fall he sustained injuries; that the defendants had…