Anders v. Clover

This case originated in justice’s court, where plaintiff filed a written declaration, claiming damages in the sum of $100 as the result of an alleged unlawful assault and battery committed upon him by the defendant. The jury in the justice’s court returned a verdict in favor of defendant. Plaintiff thereupon appealed the case to the circuit court for the county of Van Burén. At the trial in the circuit court, plaintiff did not take the stand. He called defendant as a witness, under the statute, and elicited testimony from him tending to support the following facts: Defendant was standing on…