Unity v. Pike
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, for the sum paid by the plaintiffs to Rowe for damage done to sheep by dogs. Pacts found by the court. In October, 1892, the defendant’s dog and another dog killed in Rowe’s pasture four sheep and badly injured six others. Rowe owned three of the sheep that were killed and three of those that were injured; the others lie pastured for hire. Upon proceedings under the statute, the town paid Rowe thirty dollars for the entire damage.
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Assumpsit, for the sum paid by the plaintiffs to Rowe for damage done to sheep by dogs. Pacts found by the court. In October, 1892, the defendant’s dog and another dog killed in Rowe’s pasture four sheep and badly injured six others. Rowe owned three of the sheep that were killed and three of those that were injured; the others lie pastured for hire. Upon proceedings under the statute, the town paid Rowe thirty dollars for the entire damage. The court found that the damage done to Rowe’s sheep was eighteen dollars, to the other sheep ten dollars, and that two dollars was fair compensation for…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam. *
It is provided in s. 9, c. 118, P. S., that any person who suffers damage occasioned by a dog may recover the same of the owner or keeper of the clog, unless the plaintiff was engaged in the commission of a trespass or other tort at the time of the injury; section 10 provides that he may recover of the owner or keeper of the dog double the amount of the dámage sustained; and section 11 authorizes the town, upon proper proceedings, to pay him the damages caused “ by reason of the worrying, maiming, or killing of his sheep, lambs, or other domestic animals by a dog.” Section 13 is…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Boudreau v. EastmanSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1879
- Buckminster v. WrightSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1879
- Cole v. GilfordSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1884