Urban v. Novotny

Plaintiff brought this action to recover for personal injuries resulting, as alleged, from an unprovoked assault by defendant. The verdict and judgment were, for defendant, and plaintiff appealed.

' The sole question before us is whether the verdict is supported by the evidence. A review of the record discloses substantially these facts: The altercation took place August 5, 1920, on a farm where plaintiff and defendant were assisting a neighbor to thresh. About the noon hour plaintiff remarked to defendant that a relative of his owed.him a small sum of money for work performed for Avhich he…