Rennie v. Skellett Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
, Two actions in the district court for Hennepin county, one by the wife to recover $15,000 for assault and battery and the other by the husband to recover $5,250 for medical treatment and loss of companionship and services of his wife..
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, Two actions in the district court for Hennepin county, one by the wife to recover $15,000 for assault and battery and the other by the husband to recover $5,250 for medical treatment and loss of companionship and services of his wife.. The answers alleged that “in resisting the parties engaged in moving said furniture plaintiff’s wife violently assaulted the persons engaged by the said Allison to do said moving; that she scratched the face and pulled the nose of one of said persons; that she dug her finger nails into one of his hands with such force and fury that said hand hied profusely…
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
These two cases grew out of an alleged assault and battery committed by defendant’s employes on Agnes D. Rennie, the plaintiff in one of the actions. Her husband, William J. Rennie, is plaintiff in the other. The cases were tried together and resulted in verdicts for the defendant. Motions for a new trial were denied and plaintiffs separately appealed.
Plaintiffs occupied the first floor of a dwelling house they owned. Defendant was engaged to move household furniture from the second floor, which was leased to a tenant to whom the furniture belonged. Defendant sent two of its employes…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- King v. RemingtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- State v. SailorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
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- Schuek v. HagarSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
- Hein v. HoldridgeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
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