Kirchgessner v. County of Tazewell

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• finding the defendant County of Tazewell was “a political subdivision of the State” and thus qualified as the owner of a dog “within the definition of a ‘person’ under the [Animal Control] Act”
• Animal shelter was created for the general public good and its operation is a discretionary action; there is no duty to individual members of the public who are injured thereby
• clear and unambiguous statutory language accomplishing a constitutional purpose must be applied as written

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).