Ronan v. Williams
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Allamakee Circuit Court. The plaintiff brings this action to recover damages for an assault and battery. There was a judgment for plaintiff from which defendant appeals. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Ch. J. —
The plaintiff’s petition alleges that on the 17th day of October, 1874, the defendant committed upon him an assault and battery, for which he claims five hundred dollars damages.
The defendant answered, admitting the alleged assault and battery, and alleging that, immediately before committing the same, the plaintiff called defendant’s mother a whore and a *681bitch, and had previously circulated a report that the defendant’s mother was a woman of bad character, and applied to her vile and opprobrious names, in the neighborhood of defendant’s residence; that such report came to the…
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