City of Lancaster v. Germer

FARINA, J.,

Before the court are defendant’s exceptions to a June 9, 1989 adjudication and decree nisi which ordered the humane destruction of defendant’s dog.*

At trial the Chancellor found the following facts. Defendant is the owner of an American pit bull terrier registered under the name “Red and White Macke Attack,” which defendant kept at his residence in the City of Lancaster. The dog escaped or was permitted to run loose on a number of occasions. Five written warnings concerning the dog running loose were issued by Lancaster’s Dog Law enforcement officer to defendant or a member of his…