Spear v. Sweeney
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dodge County. This is an action for an assault and battery committed on the plaintiff by the defendant September 30, 1892. The answer is a general denial.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dodge County. This is an action for an assault and battery committed on the plaintiff by the defendant September 30, 1892. The answer is a general denial. At the close of the trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and assessed his damages at the sum of $3,250. From the judgment entered thereon the defendant appeals. to the point that it was error to restrict the cross-examination of the plaintiff, cited Kirschner v. State, 9 Wis.143; Knapp v. Schneider, 24 id. 70; Dist. of Columbia v. Armes, 107 U. S. 521; 1 G-reenl. Ev. § 446; People v.…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
It appears that September 12, 1891, the defendant let his farm of 200 acres to the plaintiff to work on shares for the term of five years; that thereupon the plaintiff moved into one of the dwelling houses on the farm, and took full control and possession of the whole farm under the lease, except that the defendant continued to live in another house upon the farm,-which, together with the right to take water from the wells and feed and stable one horse, was reserved by the defendant in the lease; that in 1892 the plaintiff raised upon the farm, and placed in the granary thereon, about 1,000…
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