McDerment v. Taft
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass and case for shooting plaintiff’s dogs. Plea, the general issue with notice. Trial by court on an agreed statement. Judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
While dogs are recognized by the law as a species of property, and are frequently of great usefulness and value, they belong to that class of property the keeping of which may be stringently regulated by the Legislature in the exercise of its police power — even to the extent of providing for their destruction, in given circumstances, without judicial proceedings and in a most summary way. Blair v. Forehand, 100 Mass. 136, 97 Am. Dec. 82; Morewood v. Wakefield, 133 Mass. 240; Morey v. Brown, 42 N. H. 373; Julienne v. Mayor etc. of Jackson, 69 Miss. 34, 30 Am. St. Rep. 526; Sentell v. New…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sentell v. New Orleans & Carrollton R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Blair v. ForehandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Julienne v. Mayor of JacksonMississippi Supreme Court · 1891
- Morewood v. WakefieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- Moore v. MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
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