Kehl v. Burgener

Appellee brought this suit on the case against appellant to recover damages for an alleged assault and battery by him upon her. Appellant pleaded not guilty, and also a prior assault upon Angeline Burgener, daughter of appellant, a child of tender years, and that appellee undertook to beat, bruise and ill treat said Angeline, and threatened to cut off her head with a carving knife then in the possession of appellee, and that appellant defended said Angeline as he lawfully might, and in so doing necessarily and unavoidably struck appellee and pushed her away from said Angeline to save the…