State v. Ost

Supreme Court of Minnesota

State v. Ost

152 N.W. 866, 129 Minn. 520, 1915 Minn. LEXIS 748

CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota

DecidedJune 4, 1915

DocketNos. 19,374-(249)

StatusPublished

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State v. Ost, 152 N.W. 866, 129 Minn. 520, 1915 Minn. LEXIS 748 (Mich. 1915).

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Opinion

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.

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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.

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152 N.W. 866, 129 Minn. 520, 1915 Minn. LEXIS 748, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-v-ost-minn-1915.