Wilbur v. Berry
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Tresrass, for assault and battery. The plaintiff is a minor who prosecutes the suit by his next friend. Trial by jury and verdict for the defendant.
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Tresrass, for assault and battery. The plaintiff is a minor who prosecutes the suit by his next friend. Trial by jury and verdict for the defendant. Transferred from the September term, 1901, of the superior court by Wallace, C. J. There was evidence tending to show that the plaintiff was a pupil in a school kept by the defendant, that he disobeyed the reasonable regulations of the school, and that on that account the defendant inflicted upon him reasonable corporal punishment. The plaintiff excepted to a denial of his motion to set aside the verdict as against the law and the evidence.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The denial of the motion to set aside the verdict on the ground that it was against the evidence presents no question of law (Pitman v. Mawran, 69 N. H. 230), while the evidence was competent as a matter of law to support the verdict. Heritage v. Podge, 64 N. H. 297.
Flxception overruled : judgment on the verdict,
All concurred.
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Pitman v. MauranSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1897
- Heritage v. DodgeSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1886
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