Millard v. Truax

Lon®, J.

This is an action of trespass for an assault and battery. Plaintiff had verdict and judgment for $400. Defendant brings error.

The plaintiff is 75 years of age, and an attorney at law. He met the defendant in the hall of the courthouse in Adrian, Lenawee county, where the parties reside. It appears that some litigation had been going on between them, and the plaintiff, on the morning of the claimed assault, accosted the defendant, and told him he had paid the money in on the decree. Plaintiff had filed a bill to redeem from a certain mortgage, and the decree granted him the right to…