Bachman v. Friedman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action of trespass in the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. George H. Kettelle, Judge, presiding. Declaration for assault and battery; plea of not guilty and self-defense; trial by jury; verdict and judgment for plaintiff; defendant brings the case here upon a writ of error. Heard in this court at the March term, 1893, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion oe the Court,
Waterman, J.
This was an action for an assault and battery alleged to have been committed by William Bachman upon Meyer Friedman.
The evidence disclosed that out of one of those unfortunate and inexcusable quarrels which sometimes arise between neighbors, an affray had taken place in which Mr. Friedman, an old man, was beaten.
We do not think that Friedman was free from blame; he made use of insulting and vulgar language. Bachman, instead of going away, deliberately came back, renewed the quarrel, and struck this foolish, insulting and, perhaps, intoxicated old man. " The…
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