Faxon v. Jones
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tout, for slander and assault. The defendant was the proprietor of the Hotel Huntington, situated on Huntington Avenue in Boston, and the plaintiff occupied as tenant of the defendant certain rooms on the first floor. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Maynard, J., the jury returned a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.*
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The only questions in this case, relate to the admission and exclusion of evidence. The action is for slander and assault. The plaintiff testified that in the presence of numerous persons the defendant stepped up to the plaintiff and shook his clinched fist in her face so near that she was obliged to withdraw her head a little in order to avoid being hit, and said to the plaintiff aloud, and in an angry tone, “You are a thief! you are a thief! you are a thief! ” The defendant’s account of the transaction was that the plaintiff was in arrears for rent of her rooms, and that when he spoke to…
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- Hastings v. StetsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
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