Walker v. Towle

-Appellee brought this action against appellants to recover damages for killing appellee’s dog. A hear-ing by jury resulted in a vérdict, and, over a motion for a new trial, judgment in favor of appellee.

It is assigned for error that the court erred in sustaining appellee’s demurrer to appellants’ second paragraph of answer. Said second paragraph of answer is, in substance, that the city of Hammond, on a public street of which appellee’s dog was killed, is and was a duly incorporated city in this State. That appellants, Mott and Walker, were, at the time Walker shot said dog, the mayor and…