Watts v. Thomas

OPINION of the Court,

Ch. J. Boyle

This Was an action in the Boon circuit court, for a trespass assault and battery, and false imprisonment, alleged to have been committed in Dearborn county, in the Indiana territory. Upon a general demurrer to the declaration, the circuit court gave judgment for the defendant; to which the plaintiff prosecutes this writ of error.

The only question is, whether, as the injury was done in the Indiana territy, the action will lie in a court of this state r

This question does not admit of a doubt. • The case of Mostyn vs. Fabeigas, Cowp. 161, is a case in point. In…