Ulery v. Jones

Citations

• 81 Ill. 403

Syllabus

<p>1. Animals—-ferae natures. A buffalo which has been captured when a calf, and reared on a farm with domestic cattle, and become so tame as to take food from the hands of its master like other cattle, and to be easily driven home when it strays away, is no longer of a wild nature, but is the subject of property, and for any trespass committed by it the owner is liable, and for any injury done to it by others he can recover damages.</p> <p>2. Trespass—what amounts to a license. The expression “ go and kill him if you want to,” made in May, by the owner of an animal, in a heated conversation with one who was complaining of a trespass committed by it, and in reply to a threat to kill it, is not a license to such person to kill the animal in September following.</p>