Rhodes v. Harwood

These are consolidated actions for personal injuries sustained by plaintiffs as the result of an alleged assault and battery and also for damages from an alleged trespass.① Defendant appeals from an adverse judgment based upon a jury verdict awarding $5,000 general damages and $5,000 punitive damages to each of the two plaintiffs, in addition to special damages in the sum of $123.75 and $25, respectively, •for assault and battery, together with the sum of $1 general damages and $1,500 punitive damages for trespass.

Defendant assigns as error the overruling of her objection to evidence offered…