Sturgeon v. Sturgeon
Indiana Court of Appeals
From the Noble Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtReinhard, J.
The first question presented arises upon the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict of the jury. The action was by the appellee against the appellant for damages «for an assault and battery, and the appellee recovered a judgment. The evidence tends to prove that the appellant, who is the father-in-law of the appellee,-without sufficient provocation'or excuse, assaulted the appellee and choked her and caused her to fall in a hole in the ground, thereby bruising and injuring her. The evidence was sufficient to warrant the jury in returninga verdict for the appellee.
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