Tillery v. Crook

McDOWELL, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of plaintiff for $273 damage to her flock of chickens caused by defendant’s dogs.

The action originated in the Magistrate Court in St. Clair 'County, Missouri, was appealed to the Circuit Court where it was tried, resulting in judgment in favor of plaintiff.

The amended petition alleged that plaintiff is the owner of 269 laying hens; that defendant is the owner of certain Cocker Spaniel dogs, which she kept at her home in said county.

That orí December 2!, 1953, defendant’s dogs came to plaintiff’s home, in her absence, and killed…