Case Name: Stena Austin, Respondent, v. John Ingle, Appellant
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1910-07-09
Citations: 59 Wash. 696
Docket Number: No. 8685
Parties: Stena Austin, Respondent, v. John Ingle, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 59
Pages: 696–697

Head Matter:
[No. 8685.
Department Two.
July 9, 1910.]
Stena Austin, Respondent, v. John Ingle, Appellant.
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lincoln county, Neal, J., entered November 30, 1909,'upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for an assault with intent to commit rape.
Affirmed.
Merritt, Oswald & Merritt, for appellant.
Birdseye & Smith and Martin & Wilson, for respondent.
Reported in 109 Pac. 794.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This is an action brought by the respondent against the appellant to recover damages in the sum of $10,000, resulting from an alleged assault and attempt to commit the crime of rape. The case was tried to a jury and a verdict rendered in favor of respondent, for which judgment was duly entered. It is not claimed that any error was committed by the court in giving or refusing to give instructions, in the admission or rejection of testimony, or in any other particular. But the contention is, (1) that under the evidence the jury should have found in favor of the defendant, and (2) that the verdict is so excessive that it suggests such passion and prejudice on the part of the jury as would prevent the appellant from obtaining a fair trial.
An examination of all the testimony in the case convinces us that there was sufficient legal evidence, if the jury believed it, to find not only the issues generally in favor of the respondent, but also to find the amount of damages expressed in the verdict.
The judgment is affirmed.