Curtwright v. Crow
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Monroe Circuit Court. — Hon. T. H. Bacon, Judge.. This action is based upon section 4512 of the Revised Statutes of 1889, incorporated by the revisers from the statutes of 1879. It is contended by defendant, that this section and the whole chapter on dogs were repealed by an act entitled, “ An act to discourage the keeping of useless and sheep-killing dogs, and to provide indemnity for damages done by same” (Session Acts of 1881, page 127), for the reason…
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Appeal from the Monroe Circuit Court. — Hon. T. H. Bacon, Judge.. This action is based upon section 4512 of the Revised Statutes of 1889, incorporated by the revisers from the statutes of 1879. It is contended by defendant, that this section and the whole chapter on dogs were repealed by an act entitled, “ An act to discourage the keeping of useless and sheep-killing dogs, and to provide indemnity for damages done by same” (Session Acts of 1881, page 127), for the reason that this act is a revision of the whole subject-matter of chapter 97, entitled “of dogs,” in the statutes of 1879. State…
1Opinion of the CourtRombauer, P. J.
The only point presented by this appeal is, whether section 4512 of the Revised Statutes of 1889 is an existing statute, and inserted in the revision *565by legal warrant. The plaintiff maintains the affirmative of this proposition, and the defendant the negative. The section reads as follows :
‘ ‘ In every case where sheep or other domestic animals are killed or maimed by dogs, the owner of such animals may recover against the owner or keeper of such dog or dogs the full amount of damages, and the owner shall forthwith kill such dog or dogs ; and for every day he shall refuse or neglect to do so,…
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