People ex rel. Renshaw v. Gillespie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme- Court and attested on the 24th day of August, 1897, directed to O. E. Gillespie, as justice of the peace of the town of Luzerne, Warren county, N. Y., commanding him to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Warren all and singular his proceedings in regard to an order, made by him in an ex parte proceeding, directing that a certain dog, the property of the relator, be immediately killed.' The relator was the…
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Certiorari issued out of the Supreme- Court and attested on the 24th day of August, 1897, directed to O. E. Gillespie, as justice of the peace of the town of Luzerne, Warren county, N. Y., commanding him to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Warren all and singular his proceedings in regard to an order, made by him in an ex parte proceeding, directing that a certain dog, the property of the relator, be immediately killed.' The relator was the owner of a dog called “ Czar,” of the value, as alleged by him, of $500, which he kept in the town of Luzerne, Warren…
1Opinion of the Court
Landon, J.:
While it is now settled law that a dog is property, it is still true that some dogs, because of their viciousness, are nuisances. The statute in question seeks the summary abatement of such nuisances. It was the politiy of the law in colonial times, and has been ever since, to make a summary disposition of vicious dogs. (N. Y. Colonial Laws 1732,'Edition of the Statutory. Revisers, Vol. 2,735; Laws 1764, id. Yol. 4, 830; Laws 1768, id. 1070.) These colonial laws were continued in force by the State Constitution. (Art. 1, § 16.) Since the colony became á State numerous statutes for…
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