Sossamon v. Cruse.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by J. W. Sossamon against John Cruse, beard by Judge Thomas J. Shaw and a jury, at May Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of OabaRbus County. Erom a judgment for the defendant the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWalKER, J.
This is an action to recover damages for an assault. At the time of the alleged assault there was an ordinance in force in the town of Concord prohibiting loud and profane swearing within its corporate limits, and defendant and Luther Biles were policemen of the town.
There was evidence tending to show that plaintiff and one Maxwell were fighting on the streets, when the defendant, who bad beard loud cursing, went to where they were and accused them of fighting, and arrested Maxwell, and the plaintiff then said that anybody who. accused him of fighting told a lie, at the same time cursing the…
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