Case Name: Butler and Others v. Mercer
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1860-06-12
Citations: 14 Ind. 479
Docket Number: 
Parties: Butler and Others v. Mercer.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 479–479

Head Matter:
Butler and Others v. Mercer.
APPEAL from the Elkhart Court of Common Pleas.
Tuesday, June 12.
E. M. Chamberlain, T. G. Harris, and J. H. Baker, for the appellants.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.—
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.