TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



TITLE I. 

 PROPERTY IN ANIMALS. 



CHAPTER I. 



WILD ANIMALS. 



1. General nature of this 



property, i 



2. Character of confinement, 4 



3. Pursuit, 5 



4. Animus revertendi, 6 



5. When wild animals are 



the subjects of larceny, 8 



6. Property in game. 10 



7. The increase of wild ani- 



mals, 15 



8. Particular animals consid- 



sidered. Bees, 16 



g. Pigeons, doves, pheasants 



partridges, swans, 20 



10. Whales, seals, 23 



11. Fish, oysters, 28 



12. Cats, 33 



13. Miscellaneous beasts, 3S 



14. Miscellaneous birds, 37 



15. Inheritance in wild ani- 



mals, 40 



CHAPTER II. 



DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



Part I. Domestic animals 

 and their increase. 

 Branding. 



16. Nature of this property, 



17. The increase of animals, 



18. Brands as evidence of 



ownership, 

 Part II. Taxation of do- 

 mestic animals. 



42 

 43 



47 



19. Taxation of domestic ani- 



mals, 50 



Part III. Property in dogs. 



20. The dog as the subject of 



a civil action, 57 



21. The dog as the subject of 



larceny; dogs as a 

 source of evidence in 

 criminal actions, S9 



22. Taxation and license, 64 



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