Stockham v. Malcolm
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Howard County (Brashears and Forsythe, JJ.), where there was a verdict for the plaintiff for $5,000 reduced under a remittitur to $3,000, on which judgment was entered.
1Opinion of the CourtSchmucker, J.
The appellee, Marion Malcolm, sued the appellant, Edward Y. Stockham, in the Circuit Court for Harford County for damages for an assault and battery. The case was first removed' to Baltimore County upon the suggestion of the plaintiff and then to Howard County on the suggestion of the defendant. It was tried in the Circuit Court for the latter county on the general issue plea of not guilty, and the plaintiff recovered a judgment from which the defendant took the present appeal.
It appears from the record that the parties are distant relatives who have long resided in Harford County. They have…
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