Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals v. Warren

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals (S.P.A.) appeals from the summary judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County) denying S.P.A.’s claim of a statutory lien under 17 M.R.S.A. § 1211 (1983) (the cruelty-to-animals statute) on ten horses owned by defendants Earl and Joy Warren of Chester-ville. Finding that S.P.A. fails to bring itself within the lien provisions of section 1211, we affirm the Superior Court’s decision.

The facts pertinent to the present appeal are not in dispute. On May 29, 1984, a State humane agent employed by the…