Davis v. Town of Seymour
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover of the defendant town the amount of damage sustained by the plaintiff from an injury to his sheep by dogs, under Gen. Statutes, § 3752 ; brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County. The defendant filed a motion that the case be erased from the docket for want of jurisdiction, and the court, (Studley, J.,') granted the motion, and the case was stricken from the docket. The plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
This action was brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County, under Gen. Statutes, § 3752. The complaint contains three counts. The first one alleges that on a day named certain sheep of the plaintiff, worth twelve dollars, were killed by dogs within the town of Seymour, and that he gave notice, and after-wards proved to the satisfaction of the selectmen that the damage done to them thereby was twelve dollars; and the *532count concludes “ that by force of the statute in such case made and provided, said town became liable to pay to the plaintiff, and a right of action had accrued to…
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