May v. Gentry

Bussey, Justice.

In this civil action predicated upon assault and battery the jury returned a verdict of $3,100.00 actual damages and $50.00 punitive damages. The appeal is from an order denying a motion for a new trial, all exceptions being addressed to asserted errors in the charge of the trial judge.

The defendant-appellant Gentry is a brother-in-law of the plaintiff-respondent May, Gentry having married an older sister of May. On September 28, 1968, Mr. and Mrs. Gentry with several of their children drove in an automobile to the May home where an older Gentry son was already visiting. At…