Slater v. Wood
The Superior Court of New York City
This was an appeal- from a judgment entered on a verdict. The facts material to the questions determined appear in the opinion of the Court. The trial was had before Mr. Justice Slqssoh and a Jury, commencing on the 13th of December, 1858, and concluding on the 11th of January, 1859. The plaintiff recovered a verdict for $250.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court—Bosworth, Ch. J.
The plaintiff has recovered a verdict against the defendant for an assault and battery committed upon him on the 16th of June, 1857, in the rear of the City Hall of the City of Kew York. The injury was inflicted by some person or persons in a crowd collected at the place where the violence was suffered. The defendant was not present when the injury was committed, nor was he one of, or in sight of, the crowd from which it proceeded.
The complaint alleges that the persons who injured the plaintiff, “ acted under the orders and directions of the defendant, who…
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