Seaboard Air-Line Railway v. McDonald

1. The act of 1912 (Acts of 1912, pp. 46, 47) expressly provides that “all dogs are hereby made personal property and shall be given in and taxed as other property of this State is given in and taxed.” Before the passage of this act it had been held several times by the Supreme Court and this court that, a railroad company was not liable for the negligent killing of a'dog, and that no presumption would arise against the company upon proof that a dog was killed by a railroad train, as in case of injury to person or property; but that the owner might maintain an action for trespass vi et armis…