Hahn v. Owens

This case arose in the chancery court of Warren county by bill in attachment under sections 173, 174, Code 1930, filed by appellee, Mrs. Owens, against appellant, Mrs. Hahn, a resident of the state of Florida. The bill was predicated upon appellee’s claim for unliquidated damages for an unlawful assault and battery alleged to have been committed upon her by Jack Hahn, Jr. son of the appellant, while acting for and on her behalf in an effort, as alleged, to evict appellee from a house in Vicksburg owned by the appellant.

Appellant filed a sworn answer denying that any assault and battery had…