46 Wash. 468 | Wash. | 1907
Respondent brought this action to recover damages against appellant for injuries sustained in a personal1 encounter with the latter. From a judgment for $250 in favor of plaintiff, this appeal is taken.
The facts were about these: Respondent visited appellant’s farm relative to some business matter, and was told by the latter to go away as he wanted nothing more to do with him, charging him with having sworn falsely in a recent lawsuit. After calling each other certain vile names, appellant told respondent to get off his horse, which he was then riding, and he — appellant—would “give him what he needed.” Respondent dismounted from his horse and, in a few moments, they were engaged in a fight. In their struggle they fell to the ground, and appellant in some manner seized a portion of respondent’s hand in his mouth, biting off a knuckle and breaking the bones of one finger. They were soon separated by a neighbor who appeared upon the scene. Respondent
Hadley, C. J., Fullerton, Rudkin, Mount, Crow, and Dunbar, JJ., concur.