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Show VERDICT IN DISTRICT COURT AFFIRMED Judgment of the triad court In tha case of Edward Q. Johnson against O. R. Huntsman, the latter appealing (a the supreme court, in whloh Johnaon waa awarded fiOM damages (or an alleged al-leged aaaault and battery, waa affirmed af-firmed by the supreme court today in an opinion written by Justice Samuel K. Thurmen. Justice Thurmen In hi opinion say. "Whatever may I tha opinion of the court aa to whether or not tha dam-agea dam-agea awarded by tha Jury are excea-slve, excea-slve, wa have no power to reverse or modify the judgment In mat regard. The Injury Inflicted la of such a character char-acter that we cannot aay aa matter of law that there waa no evidence to aua-taln aua-taln the verdict ae to the amount ot the damagea awarded. The judgment of the trial court la affirmed." The caae waa originally tried In tha Fifth district court. Judge J. II. Krlrk-son Krlrk-son presiding. The complaint In substance sub-stance alleged that on July II, l20. In Millard county, Utah, the defendant committed an aaaault and battery upon plaintiff and brutally beat and battered bat-tered him with hla fist and a heavy etlck of wood until plaintiff was ren-dred ren-dred unennarlnos: that plaintiff haa thereby Buffered serious, painful and permanent Injuries to hi damage in ' the sum of $20,000. i |