Benton v. James Hill Mfg. Co.

The declaration in this case sets out, in effect, that a violent assault was committed upon the plaintiff, by one of the defendant’s servants, by throwing a sharp piece of iron at her while she was standing on the sidewalk and looking in at an open window of defendant’s manufactory, which missile struck her in the eye and seriously injured, her.

It is also alleged, in substance, that at the time when said missile was thrown, and as the occasion for throwing the same, the plaintiff, with other small children, was annoying the defendant’s servants by standing at said window and attracting their…