T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond: Torts I Exam, 29 Jan 1937

This Torts I exam, given by Professor William T. Muse on January 29, 1937, begins with the following question: Plaintiff and her husband were employed by defendant in household service. Atten o\u27clock in the evening, plaintiff\u27s husband had some words with defendant who waved a dagger at him and ordered him to leave. Defendant then proceeded to get out a loaded revolver. Coming down a stairway, defendant met plaintiff, who was coming from the kitchen and, pointing the revolver at her shouted, Mary get right out of my house or I will shoot you dead. The statement was repeated. Defendant then called a policemen. As a result of all this plaintiff suffers illness. May she recover from defendant? (Ross v. Michael (Mass ., 1923) 140 N.E. 292).https://scholarship.richmond.edu/historicexams/1012/thumbnail.jp