Lenfest v. Robbins’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““Standing unexplained, the conduct of the defendant might indicate a long standing hostility on his part at the time of the assault. It matters not who was in fault. The first ground stated as the purpose of the question is not tenable. To show who was in fault would be in effect to concede the hostility and justify it. The second ground stated however, rests on a solid foundation. The defendant had the right to show that the ‘bad terms/ hostility, was not on his side. He had a right to explain the circumstance, and show that his failure to speak to the plaintiff did not indicate a deep-seated hostility, such as would be likely to lead him to assault him or to influence his testimony and affect his credibility at the trial.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Curtis v. Farrar