Kent v. Cole

This is an action of trespass for assault, and battery. The parties met in the evening, at a writing school, and had some words. On the way home plaintiff continued to use harsh language towards defendant, and as the parties neared defendant's home an altercation took place in which the plaintiff was beaten, *580bruised, and seriously injured. As usual, in this class of cases, the testimony was conflicting, each party insisting that the other ivas the aggressor, and defendant claiming that he was acting in self-defense, and called to his assistance his two sons.

1. Upon ‘the trial plaintiff was…