Legal Opinion
Dederick v. Smith
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided April 7, 1936PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBranch, J.
The defendant broke and entered the plaintiff's barn and applied the tuberculin test to her cattle without her consent and despite her positive objections. Her assertion that the defendant "did not have authority” to do these acts "without judicial authorization” raises, first, a question as to the scope and effect of the statutes here involved.
Chapter 187 of the Public Laws embodies a comprehensive program for the control and eradication of contagious and infectious diseases of domestic animals. Section 29 of that chapter provides that the commissioner of agriculture “shall cause systematic…
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