Kittridge v. Miller

Kittridge sued Miller in replevin for the skin of a fox, which he claimed because the animal was first started and wounded by him, and chased to earth by his dog, and finally caught by the dog and killed by his help. As there is no evidence whatever tending to show that Miller had or claimed any interest in, or control over, the skin, there was no ground for an action of replevin, and we shall not discuss the respective interests of the several men and dogs that killed the fox.

This case, which involved only one dollar and a half, was brought in the circuit court, and not before a justice.…