Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. Wedgworth

Defendant’s pleas 3 and 4 set up plaintiff’s failure to pay the license tax required by the act of September 30, 1919 (Gen. Acts 1919, p. 1077), for keeping a dog; the theory of the pleas being that such failure deprived the dog of its status as property, and nullified the owner’s right of action for the injury complained of.

The Dog Law of 1919, above referred to, requires the owner or keeper of every dog to have him annually registered, and to pay an annual registration fee, as provided, and to procure an identification tag to be worn by the dog. It is further declared to be unlawful for any…