SWINDLE v. THORNTON

No. 5-1592.

316 S.W.2d 202 (1958)

Sam SWINDLE et al., Appellants, v. M. O. THORNTON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

September 29, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Witt & Witt, Mt. Ida, Nabors Shaw, Mena, Donald Poe, Waldron, for appellant.

W. G. Spencer, Mena, Donn G. Allison, De Queen, for appellee.


ROBINSON, Justice.

The appellants, Sam Swindle and Elizabeth Swindle, brother and sister, committed an assault and battery upon the appellee, M. O. Thornton, by beating him in the face with a rock and cutting him about the face and on the arm with a pocketknife. Thornton filed suit against the Swindles for damages due to the injuries inflicted upon him. The trial resulted in a judgment in favor of Thornton in the sum of $1,500, and the Swindles have appealed.

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