Vosburg V. Putney (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vosburg v. Putney, 80 Wis. 523, 50 N.W. 403 (Wisc. 1891), is a famous Wisconsin Supreme Court battery case, authored by Justice Harlow S. Orton, exemplifying the eggshell skull rule of United States tort law. The case is often taught to first-year law students in the United States as an introduction to intentional torts.In this case, Hiriam Putney, the defendant, was an eleven year old boy, and Jonathan Vosburg, the plaintiff, was fourteen.