Lemmon v. King

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Hugh A. Lemmon brought an action against W. Eugene King for damages resulting from an assault and battery and false imprisonment. He recovered a judgment for $500, and the defendant appeals.

The defendant was the president of a lumber company. According to his story he visited the yard office one Sunday afternoon and found his son and the plaintiff there, both of whom were employees of the company. The plaintiff was drinking liquor out of a quart bottle, which he immediately hid. The defendant asked what he was doing there, and on receiving an…