Vercruise v. Carroll

Action for damages for an alleged assault and battery committed by defendant upon plaintiff, in which plaintiff had a verdict and defendant appealed from an order denying a new trial.

Our examination of the record leads to the conclusion that the question whether defendant assaulted plaintiff, and the nature and .Character of the assault, was on the evidence a question of fact for the jury. We discover no reason for interference. The verdict for $1,000 was reduced one-half by the trial court. We think the order justified. The case Is unlike Ger-mann v. Great Northern Ry. Co. 114 Minn. 347, 130…