Shupack v. Gordon
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for an assault and battery, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Ralph Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $1,000, and appeal by the defendant. for alleged errors in the charge of the court.
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Action to recover damages for an assault and battery, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Ralph Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $1,000, and appeal by the defendant. for alleged errors in the charge of the court. The complaint alleged that on March 28d, 1905, the defendant assaulted the plaintiff, struck him with his fist and forced him violently to the ground, whereby the plaintiff received a fracture of the lower end of the radius of the right hand, suffered great pain and was permanently deprived of the use of said hand. The…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
It appears from the finding, that upon the trial it was substantially conceded that on the day alleged the plaintiff and defendant met upon the sidewalk in front of the defendant’s store, and that after angry words between them the plaintiff fell to the ground and received an injury to his right hand. The plaintiff testified and claimed that the fall and injury was the direct result of a blow from the defendant’s fist. The defendant testified and claimed that he' did not strike the plaintiff, but only shook his hand at him and ordered him to go along, and that as the plaintiff backed he…
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