Kirby v. Thompson

1. Where an action was brought to recover damages for an assault and battery, and a plea of justification was filed, under the ruling in Conley v. Arnold, 93 Ga. 823, a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for only five dollars was contrary to law, and should have been set aside on a motion for a new trial made by him.

2. Upon the trial of an action to recover damages for an assault and battery, it might not have been proper for the defendant to introduce evidence that he had been tried and convicted in a mayor’s court for the offense against the municipal law, growing out of his conduct in the…