Haglich v. Ceverlere

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kalisch, J.

The plaintiff brought an action against the defendant to recover damages for injuries which he claims he sustained as a result of an alleged assault and battery committed upon him by the defendant, through the latter’s reckless driving of an automobile, along the public highway in Union City.

The action was commenced by a capias ad respondendum, and the defendant was held to bail by order of the Supreme Court commissioner. The basis upon which the Supreme Court commissioner ordered bail was an affidavit of the plaintiff, which in substance…