Berghaus v. Alter

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “An assault and battery is the intentional and unjustified use of force upon the person of another, however slight . . .”
• “the intentional doing of a wanton . . . act causing personal injury to another”
• “It is difficult to conceive of two crimes more fundamentally different in nature and distinct in legal character”
• \its essence is the felonious and violent penetration of the person of the [victim] by the defendant\
• \It is difficult to conceive of two crimes more fundamentally different in nature and distinct in legal character\ than rape and assault and battery
• “Assault and battery is and always has been a misdemeanor and may be insignificant in character” [emphasis supplied]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).