Butler v. Mercer
Indiana Supreme Court
Butler v. Mercer, 14 Ind. 479 (Ind. 1860)
Butler v. Mercer
Opinion of the Court
Suit for disturbance of the occupancy and possession of a dwelling house, and injury to the same, by breaking the windows, &c. Recovery by the plaintiff.
The Court instructed the jury that if the injury to the house was malicious, they might give vindictive damages. As a malicious trespass is punishable criminally, it is not punishable civilly. Tabor v. Hutson, 5 Ind. R. 322.
The judgment is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, &c.
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