Chapman v. Hargrove

This suit was instituted by the appellee to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from an assault made upon him by the appellant, Chapman. In a trial before a jury he recovered a judgment for $150. Among other things, the defendant pleaded self-defense. The court presented that issue generally in his main charge. In this appeal it is insisted that the general charge was not full enough, and that the following special charge requested by the appellant should have been given:

“You are charged that a person in the lawful defense of his person does not have to wait until his antagonist…