Hixson v. Slocum

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Nunn

Affirming.

Hixson sued to recover of Slocum damages for assault and battery, and upon the trial in tbe lower court tbe jury returned a verdict in favor of Slocum, tbe defendant.

Tbe parties are elderly men living in tbe town of Owenton, but on tbe day of tbe difficulty Slocum bad returned to town in a new automobile after a visit to tbe country. Tbe machine attracted quite a crowd, and Slocum insists tbat tbe presence of tbe machine and tbe crowd immediately in front of Hixson’s hotel was a mere co-incidence. Hixson maintains tbat it was premeditated on tbe part…