Porter v. Seiler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Dauphin county. This was an action of trespass vi et armis, by Dr. Christian Seiler v. Henry Porter, for a personal injury inflicted by the defendant upon the plaintiff. The declaration contained two counts, one for an assault on the plaintiff with a knife, with which he stabbed the plaintiff in his right side; and the other for an assault and battery.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Dauphin county. This was an action of trespass vi et armis, by Dr. Christian Seiler v. Henry Porter, for a personal injury inflicted by the defendant upon the plaintiff. The declaration contained two counts, one for an assault on the plaintiff with a knife, with which he stabbed the plaintiff in his right side; and the other for an assault and battery. The plea at first was not guilty; but after the testimony was closed the plea of son assault demesne was added. On the evening of September 8th, 1850, H. Seiler took his father’s horse and carriage, and with H.…
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*428The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Knox, J.
This was an action of trespass vi et armis, brought by Christian Seiler v. Henry Porter, to recover damages for an alleged assault and battery. The declaration charges the assault and battery to have been committed by injuries inflicted with a knife of the defendant upon the person of the plaintiff. The plea was “not guilty,” to which was added after the evidence had closed, “ son assault demesne.” The verdict was for two thousand dollars, upon which judgment was rendered in the Common Pleas of Dauphin county.
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