Carpenter v. Lippitt

This suit originated in a justice’s court, and was for the recovery of double damages for the killing of plaintiff’s dog by defendant. From a judgment against him in the justice’s court, plaintiff’ appealed to the circuit court of Linn county, where he obtained a judgment, from which defendant has appealed. At the trial in the circuit court, plaintiff offered evidence of the value of the dog which defendant admitted he killed on his own premises. Defendant then introduced evidence tending to prove that the dog had frequently chased, worried and killed defendant’s sheep, on his farm, and that…