John R. Thompson & Co. v. Vildibill

This is a suit by James W. Vildibill, a minor, by his next friend, against John R. Thompson & Co., for damages for an assault by defendant’s cashier; defendant being the operator of the restaurant jn the city of Birmingham. The defendant pleaded general issue, and self-defense — that the cashier used no more force than was reasonably necessary to repel the attack on him by the plaintiff. The jury returned a verdict in favor of thé plaintiff, and this appeal is prosecuted from a judgment thereon by the court against the defendant.

The evidence for tne plaintiff tended to show that plaintiff and…