Robertson v. Hulbert

Plaintiff brought this action in the-circuit court of St. Clair county, charging defendant with slandering and committing an assault and battery upon him. His charge of slander was defective both in pleadings and proofs, and was abandoned. He recovered a verdict and judgment of $1,000 against de fendant for assault and battery. The latter admits having committed an unprovoked assault and battery upon plaintiff but urges as grounds for reversal that the verdict was excessive, and over 30 other “assignments of error relied upon,” many of which need not be discussed. Robertson was a resident of…