Rood v. McCargar
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Second.Judicial District, County of Butte. The facts are stated in the opinion. W. C. Belcher and Burl & Sexton, for the Appellant, upon the point that the Legislature may authorize the owner of premises to take up cattle and hogs found damage feasant, cited, Cook v. Gregg, 46 N. Y. 489; Hale v. Clark, 19 Wend. 498; Garabrant v. Vaughn, 2 B. Monroe, 327; Ford v. Ford, 3 Wis. 399; Burrows v. Fassett, 38 Vt. 625, and Harriman v. Fifield, 36 Vt.…
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Appeal from the District Court, Second.Judicial District, County of Butte. The facts are stated in the opinion. W. C. Belcher and Burl & Sexton, for the Appellant, upon the point that the Legislature may authorize the owner of premises to take up cattle and hogs found damage feasant, cited, Cook v. Gregg, 46 N. Y. 489; Hale v. Clark, 19 Wend. 498; Garabrant v. Vaughn, 2 B. Monroe, 327; Ford v. Ford, 3 Wis. 399; Burrows v. Fassett, 38 Vt. 625, and Harriman v. Fifield, 36 Vt. 341.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Crockett, J.:
The defendant being in the actual possession of a tract of land in Butte county, which he was holding and cultivating under an alleged lease from the plaintiff, found certain of the plaintiff’s hogs trespassing on his grain-field and destroying certain sacks of grain in the field. He thereupon drove the hogs into his corral, and posted notices at three *119public places in the township, describing them by marks and brands, and notifying the owner to come forward, prove his property, pay the charges, and take the hogs away. He kept them in the corral for several days,…
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