Source: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Date: 1801-07-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 23 F. Cas. 576 · 1 Cranch, C. C. 33
Opinion
ICILTY, Chief Judge, and MARSHALL, Circuit Justice, directed the jury that this was a joint assault and battery, and that the recovery against Dyson and wife was a bar to this action. Cocke v. Jennor. Hob. 60; Esp. N. P. 410; Broome v. Wooton. Yel. 67; Morton’s Case, Cro. Eliz. 30; Parker v. Lawrence, Hob. 70. CRANCH, Circuit Judge, contra, doubting whether it was a joint assault and battery.