Brown v. Barr

Plaintiff instituted this suit in the circuit court of Clinton county against I.' N. Barr and Fred Barr to recover actual and exemplary damages for an assault on plaintiff committed by defendant Fred, who is the son of his co-defendant. The petition *452charged I. N. Barr, who was present at the alleged assault, “with wrongfully, unlawfully and knowingly aiding, abetting and encouraging and directing him, the said Fred Barr, in the wrongful, unlawful and intentional assaulting, shooting, wounding and injuring of plaintiff,” etc. Summons was issued against both defendants and served on I. N. Barr…