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Cole v Turner
Author:- Sam
Biers
Facts:Turner committed assault and battery
against Cole.
Issue:Whether the least amount of touching,
when done in anger, satisfies the necessary element of battery?
Holding: Yes, if in anger the least amt. of
touching is battery.
Procedure:Unclear
Ct. Rationale:Harmful or offensive contact,
even at the barest minimum is trespass of battery.
Rule:Person is liable for battery if he/she
causes harmful or offensive contact. Intent was not required at
this time (1704).
Protects dignity interest with compensation,
and grants money for injury.
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