Jackson v. Leggett
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtMcG-owen, J.
The appellant, who was employed by the appellee, Leggett, a dentist, sued him for damages, alleging that while she was in his office he wilfully and unlawfully struck a violent blow on her mouth with his fist, loosening her teeth, cutting both upper and lower lips; and accompanied said wilful and wanton conduct with vile and opprobrious epithets.
Appellant testified on the trial that on the day of the assault and battery, about. 2:30 in the afternoon, she left the office of Dr. Leggett to go to the rest room; that she met Mr. Frank Folmar and Miss Geneva Grafton at the head of the stairway and…
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