State v. Howard
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Appeals, from judgments of a justice of the peace against the defendants for violating section 8, chapter 60, Laws 1891. The complaints were made and prosecuted by one Forehand, who was not a police officer or constable. The defendants’ motions to dismiss the appeals for this reason were denied, subject to exception.
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
The owners or keepers of dogs three months old, or over, are required to cause them to be registered, numbered, and described in the office of the clerk of the town or city in which they are kept, on or before the 80th day of April in each year, and to take out licenses for them and pay certain fees therefor. Laws 1891, e. 60, ss. 1, 2, 3. The fees are set apart to pay the damages arising from injuries to domestic animals .caused by dogs, lb., s. 16. A person suffering damages may have resort to the money arising from these fees for compensation, or to an action of tort against the owner of…
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