Sipple v. Kehr

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke

Reversing.

This is an action of C. J. Sipple against W. C. Kehr for damages for assault and battery, which resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.

The petition charges that the defendant “wrongfully and without right, struck, beat and bruised this plaintiff on and about the face and head, and said defendant did unlawfully and wrongfully inflict dangerous and painful wounds on and about the face, head, and body of the plaintiff, with his fists and foot.” The answer, in the first paragraph, denied that the…