Caffey v. Lane County

Plaintiff appeals a circuit court order, issued on a writ of review, which affirmed the decision of a Lane County hearings officer involving plaintiffs two dogs, Ginger and Mo, who allegedly had attacked a sheep in violation of a Lane County ordinance. We affirm.

On September 14, 1981, at about 5:00 a.m., Mrs. Belisle found two dogs attacking her ewe in her barn. Subsequently, plaintiffs dogs were impounded for violation of Lane Code § 5.255(1):

“Any dog which chases, kills, wounds or injures livestock not belonging to its owner while off the premises owned or under the control of its owner may…