Kast v. Link

This is an action to recover damages for assault and battery. The petition alleged that the plaintiff, before the assault, ivas a strong and healthy woman, earning from $500 to $600 per annum, and that the assault resulted in a permanent injury to her head and nervous system, and has greatly impaired and diminished her ability to Avork. Tin; answer practically admitted the assault, and pleaded self-defense. The evidence shOAved that plaintiff and defendant were neighbors, and that as the plaintiff was passing along the higliway, looking for some strayed cattle, she met the defendant. Some…