Pentecost

This is an appeal from a judgment for $525 for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff, including the cost of medical attention. On September 25, 1930, the plaintiff was living in a house she was renting from the defendant Graham. On that day the other two defendants, as agents of the defendant Graham, came to this house with the intention of removing certain furniture therefrom. The plaintiff refused to admit them and was attempting to close the door when the injuries in question were received. The court found that these two defendants, with great force and violence, pulled the door open while the plaintiff had her hand on the knob; that this caused the plaintiff to fall forward; that thereupon one of the defendants, with great force and violence, pushed her backward in such a manner that she fell with great force upon the floor; and that she was rendered unconscious and suffered various injuries.

The defendants have appealed from the judgment, the only ground of appeal being that the evidence offered in support of the plaintiff’s contention is so inherently improbable and so fraught with inconsistencies and falsehoods that it is not sufficient to support the findings and…