Vansant v. Kowalewski
Superior Court of Delaware
Action by Fredus Vansant against John Kowalewski. Verdict returned for plaintiff, and motion for new trial refused. Action op Trespass—assault and battery—(No. 87, November Term, 1913) to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been occasioned by the defendant on the eleventh day of October, 1913, in forcibly ejecting the plaintiff from the barroom' of his inn or tavern, located at the comer of Maryland Avenue and Chestnut Street in the City of ■ Wilmington.
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Action by Fredus Vansant against John Kowalewski. Verdict returned for plaintiff, and motion for new trial refused. Action op Trespass—assault and battery—(No. 87, November Term, 1913) to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been occasioned by the defendant on the eleventh day of October, 1913, in forcibly ejecting the plaintiff from the barroom' of his inn or tavern, located at the comer of Maryland Avenue and Chestnut Street in the City of ■ Wilmington. The plaintiff testified to the effect that he met H., his neighbor, on the street quite drunk, and requested the latter to…
1Opinion of the Court
Conrad, J.,
charging the jury:
Gentlemen of the jury:—This is an action of trespass on the case, instituted by the plaintiff to recover from the defendant damages for injuries to his person alleged by him to have been sustained by reason of the plaintiff being unlawfully ejected from the property of the defendant by the defendant himself.
It is admitted that the defendant, John Kowalewski, on the eleventh day of October, 1913, and at other times immediately *95preceding and following that date, kept and conducted an inn or tavern located at the comer of Maryland Avenue and Chestnut Street in the…
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