Commonwealth v. Lakeman

Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date filed: 1849-11-15
Citations: 58 Mass. 597
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Lead Opinion
By the court.

The court are of opinion, that the direction to the jury was right, and that the defendant, as tenant in common of a barn floor, occupied by the complainant and himself, had no right to use force and violence, to prevent his co-tenant from entering the door, though it was for the declared purpose of removing the defendant’s wagon; and that such declared purpose afforded no justification for the assault.