Johnson v. McConnell

This action was brought by the appellant against the respondent to recover the value of three dogs alleged to have been maliciously killed by the latter. The respondent admitted the killing, but justified it on the ground that the dogs were at the time in the act of worrying sheep belonging to his mother and in his charge. As to the fact tending to show such justification, the court found as follows: —

*547“On the first day of February, 1887, the defendant was in the employment of his mother, Mrs. Ellen M. Wilson, and engaged in attending to and earing fqr the sheep upon the ranch, in Sacramento…