Skeen v. Huntington

Huntington filed his complaint against Skeen and McQuiston, for assault and battery and false imprisonment. The summons was returned as follows: “Served this summons by leaving a certified copy of the same at the residence of John G. licQuiston, and by reading to Jeremiah JD. Skeen.” Skeen appeared in court and filed an affidavit setting forth that at the time of making the arrest alleged in the complaint he was the “deputy of McQuiston, who was provost marshal, under the authority of the President of the United States, for the fourth congressional district of the State of Indiana, and that…