Legal Opinion
New York Horse & Carriage Ass'n v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 17, 1989PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward J. Greenfield, J.
In a complex society, no matter how free, man is subjected to a surfeit of rules, regulations, and laws to define the relationships between persons, and the obligations each individual has to society, and to government, its organized form. *885But since man is not alone, but exists symbiotically with animals which he adopts, employs, exploits, or consumes, the creatures he controls may also be subject to regulation. The beast of the jungle or the field may be free, but the beast of the city is governed by law. "Dogs, then, by reason of their nonhuman…
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