Meekins v. . Simpson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Action to recover a bird dog, tried on appeal from a justice’s court before Kerr, J., and a jury, at February Special Term, 1918, of Pas-•quotank.
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Action to recover a bird dog, tried on appeal from a justice’s court before Kerr, J., and a jury, at February Special Term, 1918, of Pas-•quotank. Tbe evidence tended to show that in 1912 plaintiff lost a pointer dog named Bingo; that he searched and advertised for him without success and had no 'knowledge of his whereabouts till a week before the suit commenced when he ascertained that the dog was in the possession of defendant; that he then sent to the home of defendant and demanded possession of the dog, and defendant refused to restore him unless he was paid the sum of sixty dollars for…
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
The rules of the common law concerning the ownership of dogs are not as consistent and definite as in most other kinds of property. Owing, probably, to the very great variety of species, as well as the differences in their dispositions and habits, they were not considered as having such pecuniary value as to make them subjects of larceny, and for the same reason they were never classified or' dealt with as estrays within any recognized meaning of that term. 1 Blk., pp. 297-298. And it may be well to note that they are not now to be regarded as “stock” within the rules for impounding stock…
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