Bowers v. Horen

Defendant sbot the plaintiff's dog. Plaintiff brought suit in justice's court, and recovered verdict and judgment for $50. Defendant appealed to the circuit court, where another jury gave him a verdict for $75, and the defendant appealed to this Court. The court below instructed the jury that the defendant was not justified in killing the dog, and that the only question for them to determine was the value of the dog.

1. The charge was correct. The defendant, one morning, saw the dog in front of his house, and found that he *421had left some tracks on his freshly painted porch. He thereupon…