Bogudski v. Backes
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for assault and battery, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Wolfe, Jverdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $150, and appeal by the defendant. The plaintiff, a boy sixteen years of age, was employed in a factory in which the defendant was superintendent and manager. He worked in what was known as the “press room,” and adjoining this room it appears there was a room known as the “cover room.”
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Action for assault and battery, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Wolfe, Jverdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $150, and appeal by the defendant. The plaintiff, a boy sixteen years of age, was employed in a factory in which the defendant was superintendent and manager. He worked in what was known as the “press room,” and adjoining this room it appears there was a room known as the “cover room.” Some pasteboard box covers were scattered upon the floor of this latter room, and the plaintiff was directed by the foreman of the cover room,…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
In this case the plaintiff claimed to have proven a wanton and unjustifiable assault upon him, one accompanied with excessive violence and brutality. The defendant, on the other hand, invoked the doctrine of molliter manus imposuit, claiming that under the circumstances he was justified in using some force, and that he used only such force as under the circumstances was necessary and reasonable.
The defendant’s first criticism is that the court erred in not charging the jury in conformity with each of his requests, or in not charging what was equivalent thereto. We will pass over this claim…
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