Bechtel v. Combs

Citations

• 70 Pa. Super. 503
• 1918 Pa. Super. LEXIS 287

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Assault and battery — Assault—Menace by letter.</p> <p>A threat or menace to commit a completed assault must be an attempt or offer by force to do an injury to the person of another, coupled with the present ability to commit a battery. There may be an assault without any distinct physical injury resulting, but there must be the intent on the part of the person committing the assault to apply force. A mere threat in a letter to call in officers of the law to remove a person by force from certain premises, is not an assault for which an action of trespass may be brought.</p> <p>Appeals — Assignments of error — Defective assignment.</p> <p>An assignment of error which does not set out any specific ruling, order, or judgment, violates the rules, and will not be considered.</p>