Kaline v. Stover
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Johnson District Court. — Hon. S. H. Fairall, Judge. Action to recover damages alleged to have been caused by an assault and battery committed by the defendant. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, C. J.
The petition alleges that on the twentieth day of July, 1889, the defendant, without pi'ovocation, willfully and feloniously assaulted the plaintiff, beating, bruising, and maltreating him by striking him on the head, body, and limbs with his fists, and weapons unknown to him, and that defendant knocked out plaintiff’s teeth and cut off one of his fingers. The defendant denies that he made an unprovoked assault upon the plaintiff, and avers that any assault made or injury inflicted by him upon plaintiff was done in self-defense, and in resisting attacks made upon him by the plaintiff and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Harley v. Merrill Brick Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1891
- Maichen v. ClaySupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
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