State ex rel. Congressional Township v. Newton

The state of Indiana brought an action of trespass against the defendant for breaking and entering the close of the plaintiff, and cutting down and carrying away property of great value belonging to the plaintiff. The close upon which the trespass was alleged to have been committed was the 16th section of township numbered 37, &c. in the county of La Grange. General demurrer and judgment for the defendant.

The question, whether the state has a right to sue for trespasses committed on the sections numbered sixteen, commonly called the school sections, has been discussed in the argument of this…