Bisewski v. Booth

This is an action for an assault and battery. Issue being joined and trial had, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and assessed his damages at $800. From the judgment entered thereon the defendant brings this appeal.

It apj)ears from the record, in effect, that at the times in question the plaintiff was a laborer, forty-four years of age, in the employment of the Plankinton Packing Company, and had been for six days; that about 7 o’clock on the morning of November 22, 1894, the plaintiff appeared for labor, but, being intoxicated, he was not allowed to go to work; that he…