Jones v. . Craddock’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. “While from the earliest times dogs have been the companions of man, for a long period their legal status was of low degree, and it was formerly held they were not property, and hence not the subjects of larceny. But in more recent times this ancient doctrine has given place to the modern view that ordinarily dogs constitute species of property, subject to all the incidents of chattels and valuable domestic animals.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Altman v. City Of High Point · Altman

2. “Even in the days of Blackstone, while it was declared that property in a dog was `base property,' it was nevertheless asserted that such property was sufficient to maintain a civil action for its loss.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Altman v. City Of High Point · Altman