Case Name: Wynn v. Kiser
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1844-12-05
Citations: 7 Blackf. 299
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wynn v. Kiser.
Judges: 
Reporter: Blackford
Volume: 7
Pages: 299–300

Head Matter:
Wynn v. Kiser.
Thursday, December 5.
A transitory action may be commenced against a single defendant, in the Circuit Court of any county in which he may be found.
ERROR to the Bartholomew Circuit Court.

Opinion:
Dewey, J.
— Assumpsit. Plea in abatement, that the suit was commenced in the Bartholomew' Circuit Court, and the process served in that county ; that at the time of issuing and serving the writ, the defendant was a resident and citizen of Jackson county, and not liable to be sued in Bartholomew. Replication, that the defendant was found in the last-named county, and the writ served upon him there. Demurrer to the replication sustained; and the cause dismissed.
Tlie question is whether the plea is valid.
The defendant in error has not informed us upon what rule of law he relies to sustain the plea; and we know none which ,can sustain it. The action is transitory, and against a single defendant; and we have no statute forbidding the plaintiff to sue him in the Circuit Court-of any county in which he could catch him.
A. A. Hammond, W. Herod,, and S. Major, for the plaintiff.
H. H. Barbour and H, P. Thornton, for the defendant.
Per Curiam,
— The judgment is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, &c.