Kingsley v. Yocom

Section 5838 GC, is in these words:

“When a Dog May Be Killed; Owner Liable for Damages. — A dog that chases, worries, injures or kills a sheep, lamb, goat, kid, domestic fowl, domestic animal or person, can be killed at any time or place; and, if in attempting to kill such dog running at large a person wounds it, he shah not be liable to prosecution under the penal laws which punish cruelty to animals. The owner or harborer of such dog shall be liable to a person damaged for the injury done.”

That statute was construed by the Supreme Court of our state in the case of Kleybolte v. Buffon, 89…