McNatt v. McRae

There was an affray in which both plaintiff and defendant were seriously injured. McRae was cut with a knife, the tendon of his forearm severed, permanently disabling him. McNatt *899was beaten and bruised about the head, and otherwise badly hurt. Each claimed that he had interposed as a peacemaker, and that the other had done him great bodily harm. Each prosecuted the other, but with what result does not appear. Subsequently McRae sued McNatt for the assault and battery, and McNatt filed an answer which was the equivalent of the general issue, besides which he'filed a plea of set-off for the…