Leahman v. Broughton

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

The appellant and plaintiff below, Mettie Leahman, by this action filed in the Boyd circuit court, seeks to recover damages of the appellee and defendant below, George Broughton, in the sum of $5,000.00 for an alleged wrongful forcible assault made upon her wherein he "hugged and kissed her numerous times while she was struggling to release herself” and continued to do so until plaintiff forced him to desist by kicking him, all of which is alleged to have occurred on August 6, 1917, at about 8 o ’clock P. M. in the town of Ashland, Kentucky, and in…