Fowler v. Hammett

This is an action by the appellee, administratrix of the estate of J. H. Hammett, deceased, against the appellant, administrator of the estate of Gr. D. Fowler, deceased. The material allegations of the complaint are to the effect that R. A. Fowler, on the night of December 22, 1921, induced J. H. Hammett to accompany hi-m into the presence of certain officers of Crittenden County, and that Fowler wilfully and deliberately made a murderous assault with an open knife on J. A. Dickson, the mayor of the town of Earle; that Jim Donnalioo, constable of that township, for the purpose of preventing-…