Lane v. Singer Sewing Machine Co.

WHITTAKER, District Judge.

Defendant’s motion for summary judgment, under Rule 56 of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A., is the matter now before me for decision.

This is an action for bodily injuries claimed, by the plaintiff, to have been sustained by assault and battery committed upon her by an attorney for the defendant while at plaintiff’s home in Kansas City, accompanying a constable armed with a replevin writ issued by a magistrate for a sewing machine. The action is for $3,000 actual and $6,000 punitive damages.

Plaintiff’s deposition has been taken, and it, and a transcript…