Bogrett Ex Rel. Bogrett v. Hromada

For convenience, John L. Bogrett will be called the plaintiff. The declaration charged an assault by striking the plaintiff’s head and seizing him and causing his hand to be projected through the glass of a window, with the result that the hand was permanently injured. The defendant pleaded the general issue, without filing a brief statement of justification.

The facts, as the jury might have found them from the evidence, were these. The plaintiff and two other boys had an exchange of words with the defendant concerning a ball game across the street from the defendant’s store. Subsequently the…