Dole v. Hardinger
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Moultrie county; the Hon. George A. Sentel, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eldredge
Appellant sued appellees jointly in an action on the case by virtue of an act entitled, “An Act providing for the payment of damages done by dogs” (approved February 11, 1853, J. & A. fifí 406, 407), for damages done to his flock of sheep by the dogs owned by the defendants.
The amended declaration avers, in substance, that appellant was, on November 12, 1915, the owner of three hundred sheep which were upon his own lands; that upon the same day each of the appellees was the owner of a dog; that upon said day said dogs killed sixty-three of appellant’s sheep and chased and wounded the…
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