Suggs v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trespass, &e. in Randolph Superior Court. Motion for new trial, and decision by Judge Taylor. September Term, 1852. Augustus Anderson and Wife brought an action of trespass, &c. against James Suggs, for an assault and battery upon the wife of Anderson.
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Trespass, &e. in Randolph Superior Court. Motion for new trial, and decision by Judge Taylor. September Term, 1852. Augustus Anderson and Wife brought an action of trespass, &c. against James Suggs, for an assault and battery upon the wife of Anderson. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs, for $345. The proof was that Suggs came to Mrs. Hall’s house, where Mrs. Anderson was ; commenced a quarrel with her, in the course of which he said that “ she would, or had parted, him and his wife; ” to which she made no reply; Suggs abused her very much, and finally took her, and violently…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Nisbet, J.
delivering the opinion.
■ [1.] The instructions of the Court to the Jury, presented the law of this case most favorably to the plaintiff in error. The defendant in error might complain with more propriety than he. As to the assumption in the rule for a new trial, that the verdict was against the evidence, we say, that it is utterly groundless ; nor do we think that the damages were excessive. A man who violently drags a woman out of doors, deserves to pay well for it. It is no excuse that he was the owner of the house, for it was in the occupancy of Mrs. Hall. She was…
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