Jernigan v. R. R. Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that touching \another in rudeness or in anger is an assault and battery\
• reasoning that when a man placed his hand on a woman's shoulder after she already rejected his romantic advances, the evidence was sufficient to justify a verdict of guilt for battery due to the defendant's \willful violation of the sanctity of her person\ (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).