Chauvin v. Caldwell

Citations

• 122 La. 709
• 48 So. 159
• 1909 La. LEXIS 604

Syllabus

<p>.Assault and Batteby (§ 40*) — Cxvn, Actions — Damages.</p> <p>Where defendant sought out plaintiff with the deliberate intention of assaulting him, and did brutally assault him, and as a result thereof plaintiff limped for some 30 days, and his ear, which was permanently displaced, remained black and blue a long time, he was entitled to 8500 damages, notwithstanding the mitigating circumstance that plaintiff during the difficulty called defendant a liar.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — Por other cases, see Assault and Battery, Cent. Dig. § 55; Dee. Dig. § 40.*]</p>