Ricker v. Freeman
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Trespass, by William N. Ricker against Edmund J. Freeman. The plaintiff’s declaration alleged that “ the said Freeman, at Dover, on the 18th day of October, A. D. 1858, with force and arms made an assault upon plaintiff, and beat, bruised, wounded, and ill treated him, and cast and threw him with great violence against and upon 'a coat and hat hook, which penetrated the left side of the neck of the plaintiff, severely wounding and lacerating the skin, muscles, and blood…
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Trespass, by William N. Ricker against Edmund J. Freeman. The plaintiff’s declaration alleged that “ the said Freeman, at Dover, on the 18th day of October, A. D. 1858, with force and arms made an assault upon plaintiff, and beat, bruised, wounded, and ill treated him, and cast and threw him with great violence against and upon 'a coat and hat hook, which penetrated the left side of the neck of the plaintiff, severely wounding and lacerating the skin, muscles, and blood vessels, causing violent bleeding, great pain, soreness, and swelling, insomuch that the plaintiff’s life was despaired of…
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
Various exceptions were taken at the trial with regard to the allowance of certain amendments and the admission of certain evidence, which, not being insisted upon in argument, may be regarded as abandoned. Without adverting to them in detail, we may remark that none of them are in our opinion tenable; and subsequent reflection and examination of the exceptions by the defendant’s counsel have probably led him to the same conclusion.
The first objection that is now insisted upon relates to the form of the action. In all cases where the injury is done with force and immediately by the act of the…
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