Legal Opinion
Jenkins v. Ballantyne
Utah Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 1892PublishedCited by 20 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the district court of the first district and from an order refusing a new trial. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
ZaNE, C. J.,
This action was instituted to recover the value of an Australian kangaroo hound, killed by the defendant while at 'large on his premises in Ogden City. The evidence on the trial tended to establish that the hound was worth $800, the value alleged in the complaint. The defendant claims that the facts proven and the ordinance in evidence authorized the killing. The ordinance is as follows:
“Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the recorder to register any dog on application of the owner or keeper, and issue a certificate of registration, under the corporate seal, on payment by such owner…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Somerville's Executors v. HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Weimer v. BunburyMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
- Blair v. ForehandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Morewood v. WakefieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
3Cited by20 opinions
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- Sentell v. New Orleans & Carrollton R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Fox v. Mohawk & Hudson River Humane SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Clark v. City of DraperCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
- Christiansen v. HarrisUtah Supreme Court · 1945
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