Peterson v. Haffner

— Suit by Haffner against Peterson, for damages occasioned by an assault and battery.

Answer: the general denial, and a special paragraph. A demurrer was sustained to the latter; but, as the facts stated in it were'admissible under the general denial, the action of the court upon the demurrer is unimportant.

Trial; verdict for the plaintiff, in the sum of one thou- • sand dollars, and judgment, over a motion for a new trial, on the verdict; exception. Errors are properly assigned.

The facts of the case are as follows:

*131■ On the 25th of April, 1874, Fred Haffner, a boy five years old, and his…