City of Paducah v. Craig
City of Paducah v. Craig
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
The ordinance under which the city of Paducah claims that it had the right to cause the dog of appellee to be killed, provides that the mayor may, in his discretion, issue a proclamation ordering all dogs running at large within the corporate limits of the city to be muzzled, and to remain muzzled during the continuance of such time as the mayor may prescribe. It then provides that “all persons owning a dog or dogs in said city failing to comply with the provisions, and permitting his dog or dogs to fun at large without being muzzled, the city marshal or any policeman is authorized to kill said dog or dogs.” It is evident from this language used, that the penal portion of this ordinance is confined to the dogs of persons in said city.
Upon that issue appellee was entitled to conclude the argument. The court did not err in giving and refusing instructions, and we cannot say that the value fixed upon the dog is so outrageous as to indicate that the jury was influenced in their action by passion or prejudice.
Judgment affirmed.
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