Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. R. v. Ford
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HAMILTON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hamilton County. —NatháN L. Bachman, Judge. -
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
This suit was brought to recover the value of a female dog hilled hy a train of the plaintiff in error. There was a judgment below for $25, which was affirmed by the court of civil appeals.
The dog was at large, and had not been registered and was killed while on the track of the railroad company. There is no evidence indicating a malicious or wanton killing.
' Under these circumstances, we think the lower courts , were in error, and that there can be no recovery in this case.
The provisions of chapter 50 of the Acts of 1901 and chapter 419 of the Acts of 1903 are brought forward into Thompson’s…
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