Rudd v. Byrnes

The plaintiff, having been wounded by a bullet fired from defendant’s rifle, brought this action to recover damages, alleging that his injuries were due to defendant’s negligence. A trial before a jury resulted in a verdict in favor of plaintiff for five hundred dollars. The defendant appeals from the judgment entered upon the verdict, and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

The action was commenced in December, 1906, about fourteen months after the shooting. The defendant filed an answer, in which he denied the allegations of the complaint, and affirmatively pleaded facts…