19,374-(249)
Precedential
Affirmed.
Processed
State v. Ost
Cited by
- Wicklund v. North Star Timber Co. 287 N.W. 7 Minn. 1939
- State v. Waddell 254 N.W. 627 Minn. 1934
- Farmers Merchants State Bank of Hawley v. Mellum 219 N.W. 179 Minn. 1928
- Moore v. Kileen & Gillis 213 N.W. 49 Minn. 1927
- Nason v. Barrett 169 N.W. 804 Minn. 1918
- Boll v. C. S. Brackett Co. 158 N.W. 609 Minn. 1916
Opinion text
Bunn, J. G.-S. 1913, § 5196, provides that a reward of $200 shall be paid for the arrest and conviction of any person charged with horse stealing. The appellants herein procured the arrest of Thomas Greer, charged with stealing a pair of mules. They applied for the reward, were defeated in the trial court, which ruled that a mule was not a horse within the meáning of the reward statute. We sustain the view of the trial court. The statute is in derogation of the common law; though probably justified in the early days of the state, there is little excuse for its existence today. It should be strictly construed. Order affirmed.