Parker v. Mather

FLY, Chief Justice.

This action was instituted' by appellee, J. A. Mather, against appellant, A. W. Parker, to recover damages arising from personal injuries inflicted by appellant by an assault upon the person of appellee, which was alleged to have occurred at Randolph Field, a Military Reservation for the training of aviators by the United States.

The cause was submitted to a jury on special issues and on the answers thereto judgment was entered in favor of appellee for $400 actual and $100 exemplary damages.

In the trial court appellant pleaded to the jurisdiction, because the assault was…