Cornell v. Fidler

This is a civil action to recover damages for an assault and battery alleged to have been committed on the 19th day of October, 1914. Plaintiff recovered a verdict for $500, upon which judgment was duly entered, and defendant brings the case to this court by writ of error.

It is conceded that plaintiff struck the defendant a blow in the face, in the first instance, but it is claimed by plaintiff that the controversy in which that blow was struck had practically terminated, and that, as he was turning to leave the place, defendant hit him in *511the back of the head with a stone, inflicting severe…