Robinson v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

When the plaintiff went out of his way to reprimand the individual defendant for his manner of speech or his intemperate language about the girls in the store, he fell under the proverbial comparison of “He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is, like one that taketh a dog by the ears.” Prov. 26:17. The plaintiff was under no legal duty to reprove the defendant Lewis, however strongly he may have been inclined to do so. His business with the corporate defendant had ended, and he concedes “the fight was over a personal matter.” This brings the case within the…