Vaughn v. Nelson

The only question involved in the present writ ■of error is whether a dog, under the laws of Georgia, is such property as to be subject to levy and sale. In the present case Nelson sued out an attachment against Hegge, upon the ground ■of non-residence, to recover-the purchase-price of a dog. This attachment was levied upon “one white and liver and ticked pointer bitch, named Maud,” as the property of the defendant in the attachment. The plaintiff in error, Vaughn, filed a claim setting *106up that the dog was his property. Upon the allegation that the custody of the dog was expensive and risky…