Williams v. Underhill
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Margaret Williams, an infant, by Henry Evans, her guardian ad litem, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 8th day of February, 1901, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a, trial at the New York Trial Term. • ‘ ' . ...
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
•This action was instituted in behalf of an infant, by her guardian ad litem, to recover damages for an alleged assault committed upon her by the defendant. It appears that the plaintiff was employed in the family of the defendant in the capacity of nurse to the defendant’s children, and while so 'employed went with the family to their summer residence at Tenafly, N. J. The plaintiff avers that while at this place the defendant assaulted and laid violent hands upon the plaintiff, and that by reason of said assault the plaintiff was made sick, sore, lame and disabled, and suffered…
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