SHEEHAN v. DeWITT

No. 11178.

430 P.2d 652 (1967)

William F. SHEEHAN, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. E.A. DeWITT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided July 28, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Skelton & Hendricks, Missoula, Robert R. Skelton (argued), Missoula, for appellant.

Wade Dahood (argued), Anaconda, for respondent.


CASTLES Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict. The plaintiff brought the action to recover damages for an assault upon him by defendant. The verdict and judgment were $1,500 as compensatory damages and $5,000 as exemplary damages.

Plaintiff is the county attorney of Granite County. In his capacity as county attorney he had been informed by one Bailey that defendant, appellant E.A. DeWitt, here, had taken some of his, Bailey's...

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