Court Opinion

ID: 3651090
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 06:05:44.298636+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:29:07.180159
License: Public Domain

Trespass, assault and battery in London. The defendants said that they were possessed of a house for divers years past; and the plaintiff came there; and they molliter manus imposuerunt to put him out, and he assaulted them, and the injury he received was de son assault demesne; the plaintiff replied that it was de injuria sua propria absque tali causa, and verdict for the plaintiff.
Noy. The replication is well, for the battery is justified by reason of the assault, and therefore is not the cause of it. This is a mixed case, partly in defense of their possession, and de son tort demesne is a good reply. The plaintiff had judgment. Antea, p. 645; Postea, pp. 792, 816.