Lerner v. Cohen

This is an action to recover damages for an assault committed upon plaintiff by defendant, the result of which assault was the loss of a front tooth and other injuries inflicted upon plaintiff by defendant. The plaintiff testified to having been struck a violent blow in the mouth, which blow caused a front tooth to be knocked out and another loosened, and which also caused his face and lips to swell and bleed, thereby suffering pain from said assault inflicted by defendant, without cause or provocation therefor. The plaintiff was corroborated by a witness as to the said assault. The defendant…