Ater v. Ellis

The appellant, George Ater, by his father as next friend, sued appellee, Temple Ellis, for damages actual and puni-tory aggregating the sum of $50,000, for personal injuries alleged to have been received from a gunshot wound, inflicted by appellant, wrongfully, willfully and maliciously. The appellee answered by general denial and contributory negligence, and set up the following:

“That on the night of July 29, 1918, plaintiff and his said family were at their home in said city; that between the hours of 11 o’clock p. m. and 12 M. on said date, this defendant’s minor daughter came into the…