Frew v. Teagarden

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

This case involves, among other questions, the right of a person to go to the assistance of another who is assaulted, and the degree of force he may lawfully use in such defense.

John L. and Ray Teagarden, brothers, live upon and farm land belonging jointly to themselves and their mother. In September,-1919, they had been engaged with a gang of men threshing wheat. The men were quitting work for the day. Among them was Lee Burnett; twenty-one years of age, who was employed on the farm, and who is a relative of John L. Teagarden by marriage.…