Case Name: Lawson v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1902-06-03
Citations: 115 Ga. 578
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lawson v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 115
Pages: 578–578

Head Matter:
Lawson v. The State.
Submitted May 19,
Decided June 3, 1902.
Accusation of wife-beating. Before Judge Robinson. City court of Wrightsville. March 25, 1902.
Martin & Martin and J. L. Kent, for plaintiff in error.
B. B. Blount,■ solicitor, contra.

Opinion:
Cobb, J..
1. While a husband is authorized, under the law of this State, to use such force as may be necessary to repel a felonious assault by his wife upon him or his property, he is not justified under any circumstances in striking his wife either by way of chastisement or in resentment of a past injury consisting of an assault upon him or his property; and this is true although the assault may have been in the immediate past.
2. Applying the principle laid down in the preceding note to the present ease, there was no error in the charges complained of, and the evidence authorized the verdict.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.