Georgia Land Co. v. Davis

This is an action for damages against a corporation for an assault and battery by its alleged agent upon the plaintiff. Plaintiff . alleged that the defendant, through its superintendent and other laborers, was proceeding to construct wire fencing upon property owned and possessed by plaintiff, and after the defendant had been notified in writing of the plaintiff’s title and possession; that when the plaintiff attempted to cut the wire, this agent and superintendent, without excuse or provocation, struck the plaintiff upon the hip with a club-axe, felling him to the ground, and, when the…