Rudicile v. Barr
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Knox Circuit Court. — New. Charles D. Stewart, Judge. ■ If any person shall discover any dog or dogs in the act of killing, wounding, or chasing sheep in any portion of this State, or shall discover any dog or dogs under such circumstances as to satisfactorily show that such dog or dogs were, or have been recently engaged in killing or chasing sheep or other domestic animal, or animals, such person is authorized to immediately pursue and kill such dog or dogs;…
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Appeal from Knox Circuit Court. — New. Charles D. Stewart, Judge. ■ If any person shall discover any dog or dogs in the act of killing, wounding, or chasing sheep in any portion of this State, or shall discover any dog or dogs under such circumstances as to satisfactorily show that such dog or dogs were, or have been recently engaged in killing or chasing sheep or other domestic animal, or animals, such person is authorized to immediately pursue and kill such dog or dogs; provided, however, that such dog or dogs shall not be killed in any enclosure belonging to, or being in the lawful…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
— Plaintiff sues for the reasonable value of two fox hounds alleged to have been shot and killed by the defendant while they were chasing a fox through defendant’s premises. The answer denies the allegations of the petition, and avers that defendant found the dogs upon his premises, in the act of chasing his sheep, and shot them in order to protect his sheep. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $26, and the case is here upon the defendant’s appeal.
It is urged that the court should have sustained defendant’s demurrer to the evidence; but we think that the court did not…
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