Wilkins v. Nugent

AYRES, Judge.

This is an action for damages allegedly sustained on account of an alleged unprovoked physical assault. That an assault was committed was denied by defendant, who, however, admitted an argument ensued in his store over an order of groceries purchased by plaintiffs. Plaintiffs, husband and wife, have appealed from a judgment rejecting their demands.

The case presents only questions of fact, which were testified to by plaintiffs with great circumstantiality and detail, and denied by defendant with equal positiveness and clearness. The facts, as shown by the record, may be briefly…