Winkle v. Jones

MOREMEN, Justice.

Appellant,, Eugene Winkle, and appellee» Clarence Jones,- were respectively tenant and landlord on an Owen County farm., On June 25, 1951, at about the .hour of 7, a. m., the parties met at the milk barn; they began to discuss the disposition of certain hay that evidently belonged to them jointly; an argument ensued which, soon developed into a fight; appellant was armed with a shovel; appellee, with a knife; both, parties were cut and bruised. Each party .testified that the other .was the aggressor.

On iMay Í9, 1952, appellant filed suit by which he sought recovery of damages…