Sharpe v. O'Brien

The appellant sued the appellees to recover damages resulting, from an assault and battery committed by them upon him, in which he alleged that they did, without any cause whatever, beat, bruise, wound, and maim him, by then and there unlawfully, and without any cause whatever, with force and violence, breaking the leg of him, the said plaintiff, and greatly injuring and disabling him by kicking, striking him with clubs, and cutting him with knives; 'from which he had lost the use of his left leg, his sense of hearing, and had been compelled to pay out and expend, for extra labor and for…