Hobbs v. Ada County

McQUADE, Justice.

This appeal is from a jury verdict and judgment against the plaintiff-appellant, Douglas P. Hobbs, in a battery action. Appellant alleged in his complaint thát, in January, 1964, while detained by the Ada County sheriff’s department, he was bludgeoned twice with a blackjack wielded by a deputy sheriff. Appellant makes twenty-eight assignments of error which he and the respondent, Ada County, divide into two general categories. Assignments 1 through 15 concern the admissibility of evidence on cross examination of the plaintiff or evidence of defendant’s witnesses. The…