The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-21
THE DOG AND THE Law.
Remarks of n Georgia Judge Upon Giving
q Decision in His Favor.
From the Atlanta Journal.

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Remarks of n Georgia Judge Upon Giving
Decision in His Favor.
From the Atlanta Journal.
One ~ the most interestine. humorous and
entert.iping oninions aver banded down nv n
Georoia Judge ia A bnt Of Judge ] n. Lumpkin
Of thu Fulton Superior Court. in which he
holds that a dog ia nronertv. Tho question
no''e nc, q uos " ~, yvS,,~N-
was raised In the case OF Carl Wolfsheimer.
plaintin in certiorari apainst j i 4 j +. Mad
- j. - o-..a H.
NJ 49, h,, oan,a ,nto 10 nossssstor ~,
wolfsheimer. The defendants in certiorari
and "olishelmel claimed she aoR was not SUP.
vas triad held that there wss nroperty in A
dos. and in sustaining the lower court Judge
"The dog has figured very extensively in the
mast and y In mythology as cerberu.'
n he was and inf Se u ssem with to T ns e nor 'ns ast'' his IL,
duties so well that there were but Few escapes
t%ensively for hunting purposes. as the guar,
dian OF persons ana properly. ana as a pet ana
companion. He is the much valued posses
S iand 81 especially paiait' is t the WA" mack o hounds nj highly
pf aIn i,tsroturo hs has ANNA rcd mora o,,sr
i' ntefa,uie ~ d appea,ou u .%n
tn"s any so O'ndr aa h ! is e 9s q Dr p1ssdr and Ia at
others greatly abused, Sometimes he ia made
~" go 81. = 80 law and oontamnti.
bic. while at othe RS he is described in terms OF
eulogy. Few men will forget the song of their
childhood. which runs:
old dog Tray ever faithful:
HE sentis; hs = Kind;
better friend than old dog Tray.
Hubtbard Vent to the cupboard. Few men
in an epitaph than the following. which was
written by Lord Byron on the tomb OF his dead
Near this spot are deposited the remains
OF one who possessed beauty without vanity.
sf sFseItyh s Ti5A all the InsC 2iltSs. c Of mss w wi,hoSt
meaning fattery II inscribed over human
f Soss:y "a 1as q a 8 'us Who 55; Tss born % sn az S @sTSqy &!
land May :; 1903, and died at Newstead Abbey.
The dog has even invaded the domain Of
art arao, All My, who haze aye s Ennw SIT bo Ed marS bhn amss rs
telligence can be expressed in the face ota dog.
VIII not Be forgotten in considering the dog as
THUS the dog has figured in mythology,
history. poetry, fiction and art from the EARL
these closing days Of the nineteenth century We
are called upon to decide whether a dog Is a
wild ANNA, JerG natur9). in such, sense as not
to be leviable property; or. IL he Is O domestic
animal ldomitG natur9J. whether he y not
subject to levy on the ancient theory that he
had no intrinsic value II he was not good to eat.
used s., '6bsDd man " were Wild. One after another
they have become domesticated and subject
progressed they gradually lost their character
Of wildness; and became more and more sub;
as ordinary property. At this day no, one would
Of absolute property. because his ancestors
be said q other animals, now thorough
days Of Blackstone. while II was. de-
property 1t was nevertheless asserted that
such property was sufficient 70 maiGtain a civil
s aSsiod da tTr IN MS tbs lSsS; ev q ! Of fo eiyji 1sot sif tSe
dog has not been left behind. He Is now, not
only priced for hunting purposes. as a Watchdog
many dogs have an actual commercial and mar
11dn a bench h s shoS:s at Witch di d dHSs take AXE p5ises
they are bought and sold at prices WHICH are
frequently far larger than are paid for ordinary
they are not valuable property.
Dogs are also trained for purposes OF exhi-
bition. being sometimes tho sole means Of
support for their masters. 1t would be an
interesting survival OF archaic law to say that
a Snowman could rut up his tent. give nightly
sums OF money from them. get in debt to any
given extent. laugh at his creditors and pro-
coed with his daily exhibitions OH the ground
that his stock in trade was not subject to levy.
IF it be contended that the horse. mule and
other animals are used for more practical pur-
p rose o 5sG%eS BE- Of at .Rs% w a. be as}m al BURDEN raS tb It
sledges OF the Eskimos and other peoples in
the northern latitude. Nor is this confined
alone TO the Arctic, regions, Any traveller