Berkner v. Dannenberg
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Eelton. Bibb superior court. January 8, 1902. The action was against Joseph and Simon Dannenberg and Isaac Block.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Eelton. Bibb superior court. January 8, 1902. The action was against Joseph and Simon Dannenberg and Isaac Block. The petition alleged: (Paragraph 2) The defendants injured and damaged plaintiff in the sum of $20,000, by reason of the following facts: On October 4, 1900, while plaintiff was peaceably and lawfully riding on a street-car, the defendants, without warning and without cause or justification, cruelly assaulted, beat, wounded, cursed, abused, and otherwise maltreated him, against the peace and dignity of the State, as hereafter set forth. (Paragraph…
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
An action to recover damages on' the part of Berkner, for personal injuries which he alleged the defendants had inflicted on him, was tried, and there was a verdict for the defendants.
1. In his bill of exceptions the plaintiff in error alleges that the trial judge erred in overruling the demurrer which he filed to the pleas of the defendants. Evidently the main purpose of the de*958murrer was to call in question the sufficiency of the defendants’ answers as pleas of justification. We are of the opinion that the answers filed can not in law be treated as pleas of justification. The action brought…
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