Nixon v. Harris

Historically, the courts, the General Assembly and the common law have been sensitive to the changing social and economic pattern of Ohio, as well as elsewhere. A basic motivating force causing changes in the structure of society and the economy has been the growing population. This constantly changing status of conditions has affected agriculture in its growth, development and diversification.

One hundred and thirty-seven years ago a problem of domestic animals running at large was presented to this court in the case of Town of Marietta v. Fearing, 4 Ohio 428 (1831). Marietta adopted an…