Duncan v. Tanner

JANVIER, Judge.

The plaintiff is the widow of William A. Duncan who, more than twenty years ago, died as a result of a 'blow of the fist struck by the defendant, Orey Tanner, in a beer parlor operated by Winfield, commonly known as “Jack” Tanner, the brother of the defendant.

Plaintiff alleges that her husband had been in the said barroom for more than an hour during which time he and his brother, Winfield Tanner, the operator of the bar, had been “skylarking or boxing in the friendliest spirit, when all of a sudden and without any previous warning the defendant, Orey Tanner, who was unknown to…