(BY BENJAMIN HARRASON, A. M.,

OFFICIAL REPORTER.

VOL XVI.

CONTAINING THE CASES DECIDED AT THE MAY TERM, 1861, TOGETHER WITH
CERTAIN CASES DECIDED AT PREVIOUS TERMS, AND HELD

OVER ON PETITIONS FOR REHEARING,

MERRILL & COMPANY,
INDIAN A POLIS, IND.

186 2.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by

MERRILL & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, within

and for the District of Indiana.

Ree afl 6, 1862

JUDGES

OF THE

SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE

OF THE

STATE OF INDIANA,

DURING THE PERIOD COMPRISED IN THIS VOLUME.

SAMUEL E. PERKINS,
ANDREW DAVISON,
JAMES L. WORDEN,

JAMES M. HANNA.

Judge Perkins was Chief Justice at the May Term, 1861.

For previous decisions of the Supreme Court of this state, overruled in this volume,

see INDEX, tit. Cases OVERRULED, &c.