Davidson v. Allam

This was an action for damages by notice of motion, *370brought by S. A. Allam against C. L. Davidson, in which the plaintiff in the trial court, Allam, charged that the defendant, Davidson, “in the town of Appalachia, in Wise county, Va., with force and arms assaulted S. A. Allam and with great force and violence laid hold of said Allam and then and there struck undersigned a great many violent blows on and about the head and face * * * . Wherefore the undersigned * * * hath sustained damages in the sum of $5,000.00, etc.”

The notice of motion gives no details of the alleged assault, but the…