Lillibridge v. Barber
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for an assault; brought to the Superior Court in New London County, and tried to the jury before Phelps, J. Verdict for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for error in the rulings and charge of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
The assault charged, alleged in the complaint, is as follows: “ On April 19th, 1886, the defendant assaulted tiie plaintiff at said Norwich, upon land of the plaintiff known as the Morse farm, and violently seized the plaintiff around the body and threw him down upon the ground and stones with great force, and fell upon him and struck him upon the face and body.'’
Upon the trial the plaintiff offered evidence to prove one act of trespass only, and that it was committed upon his own land, near to the line separating that from the land of the defendant. The defendant offered evidence tending to…
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