Roach v. Parcell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Boone Circuit Court. Action to recover for trespass upon plaintiffs land, and for injuries sustained by an alleged assault and battery committed upon the plaintiff by the defendant. There Was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
— The defendant came upon the plaintiff’s land, on horseback, and was about to cross a ditch. The plaintiff ordered defendant to go by another way, and defendant refused, and plaintiff took hold of the bridle on the horse and defendant alighted and a personal collision ensued. The defendant did not deny that he used violence, but he claims that all his acts were in self-defense — that plaintiff threw a stone at him and struck him, and that, he only got off the horse and used violence toward the plaintiff to prevent him from doing the defendant further injury. The plaintiff denied that he…
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