PHILLIPS v. MOONEY

No. 1865.

126 A.2d 305 (1956)

Leonard B. PHILLIPS, Appellant, v. James D. MOONEY, Jr., Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided November 2, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evan E. Galbraith, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Charles R. Richey, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


QUINN, Associate Judge.

Plaintiff, appellee here, brought an action for assault and battery, alleging that he had been maliciously and violently assaulted by defendant. Defendant answered asserting that he acted in self-defense after he had been assaulted by plaintiff, and filed a counterclaim. Each party claimed $2,000 compensatory and $1,000 punitive damages. Based on a jury verdict, judgment was entered for plaintiff for $500 compensatory and $50 punitive damages...

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