No person shall attempt or offer, with force or violence, to do corporal hurt to the person of another, nor shall any person use force or violence upon the person of another, unless it is a case of justifiable or excusable assault or battery, and any person committing an assault or assault and battery shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(1992 Code, § 9-3-4) (Ord. 31, § 14-4, passed 10-1-1975) Penalty, see § 131.99