Sentell v. New Orleans & Carrollton Railroad

Citations

• 166 U.S. 698
• 41 L. Ed. 1169
• 17 S. Ct. 693
• 1897 U.S. LEXIS 2061

Syllabus

<p>A state statute providing that no dog shall be entitled to the protection of the law unless placed upon the assessment rolls, and that in a civil action for killing, a dog the owner cannot recover beyond the value fixed by himself in the last assessment preceding the killing, is within the police power of the State.</p>