Legal Opinion

Benson v. Bacon

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 20, 1884No. 11,981PublishedCited by 7 opinions

From the Harrison Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Erriott, J. —

It is established by many decisions of this •<mrt that a judgment will not be reversed on the ground *157that a motion, to strike out a part of a pleading was improperly overruled.

The first paragraph of the complaint seeks to recover for injuries resulting from an assault and battery alleged to have been > 'ommitted upon the appellee by the appellant. The obj ection urged to this paragraph of the complaint is that it does not employ the word “ unlawful ” in charging the assault and battery. The approved precedents do not contain the word unlawful or its equivalent, and we are not…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Bloom v. Franklin Life InsuranceIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Norris v. CaselIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
  3. Scotten v. LongfellowIndiana Supreme Court · 1872
  4. Hays v. BlizzardIndiana Supreme Court · 1868
  5. Howard v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1879

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Barrow v. Weddle Brothers ConstructionIndiana Court of Appeals · 1974
  2. Willis v. JonsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
  3. Wilkerson v. McGheeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1911
  4. Bannon v. McDonaldCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937
  5. McCasland v. KimberlinIndiana Supreme Court · 1885

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