116 Iowa 457 | Iowa | 1902
T. Heading the whole record in the case, one .feels the justice of the old saying that “it is not so easy to find the truth as it is to discover the falsehood.” As a rule these petty suits are prosecuted and defended, not so much with hope of pecuniary advantage as with desire to achieve triumph over an enemy, and in that desire, and under such circumstances, parties seldom fail to rise to the emergency upon the witness stand. The common sense of the jury may, however, ordinarily be ■ relied upon to reach a conclusion which works substantial justice. The issue presented here is one of simple fact, and, the testimony being conflicting, it was for the jury to say whether the alleged assault was committed as charged. With the verdict rendered thereon we have neither the right nor the disposition to interfere, unless there be found prejudicial error in the ruling of the trial court to which exceptions have been taken.
The judgment of the district court is affirmed. ■■