Case Name: Newman v. Davis
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1810-12
Citations: 2 Cranch 16
Docket Number: 
Parties: Newman v. Davis.
Judges: (Thruston, J., doubting,)
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 16–17

Head Matter:
Newman v. Davis.
Trespass vi et armis, will lie for assaulting and shooting the plaintiff’s slave, without a per quod servitium amisit.
Trespass, vi et armis, for assaulting and shooting the plaintiff’s slave.
Motion in arrest of judgment, that trespass vi et armis does not lie. It ought to be a special action upon the case; the damages being consequential only.

Opinion:
But
the CouRT
(Thruston, J., doubting,)
overruled the motion.