Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-03 | Page 16 | Yeah-a Cat May Look at a King, but That Isn't All in Jolly Old England

rYEAH-A rYEAH YEAH A CAT MAY LOOK AT ATA I A KING BUT BU THAT TAT ISN'T ALL ALLIN AL ALI JOLLY OLD E ENGLAND GLAND I IN A C CC C Ia 1 4 The cat By MILTON BRONNER N NEA EA Service Correspondent LONDON Jan 2 Pussy Pussy is nota now not nowa a regularly established citizen o of Great Britain so far tar as the law is isher In her c casts casa se is concern concerned d. d Fido her Fido-her her long age-long foe has foe has ha haa had hada a legal legat status for 10 lo these man many mani years ears The high court of 01 justice of at Great Britain speaking through the eloquent eloquent elo elo- do- do quent lips of ot Justice Shearman has decided that Pussy has equal rights with wih Fido and therefore equal re re- re All Al of 01 which in fu future future fu- fu ture tune may mean trouble and expense expense ex cx- ex- ex pense for the owner of Pussy The laying down down- o of or the cats cat's Magna Magn Charta so to speak came can about when a cat belonging to W W. Holmes a resident of at the big ig city of Leeds fed ted on al the homing pigeons and the bantams of his neighbor G. G A. A Buckle When it was proved it i wa was wag the Holmes cat that did the damage the owner of the latter promptly executed executed exe exe- it Buckle who is prominent In the national organizations whose hobby is homing pigeons wasn't satisfied He Ha claimed damages for the de destruction destruction de- de of his property But the learned county Judge knowing something about cats held First That First That Pussy was wag a recognized recognized roamer ref refusing to sLy sky home 0 o nights Second That Second That as the custom was not to Interfere with Pussy's roaming roam roam- ing lug it was the duty of ot pigeon owners owners owners own own- ers to keep their birds out o of the way Third Third That That before damages could be claimed It 1 would have to be proved that the owner 0 of or Pussy knew she had a delicate taste in pigeon pigeon meat He therefore dismissed the case But Buckle to took tok k it to the high court of at Justice on appeal appeal Justice Shearman held forth most learned learnedly leared ly on animals and their status in Animals were of or two classes wild classes wild and domestic The recognized domestic animals w were seere r cattle catie horses sheep poultry pigs dO dogs and cats The e owner of a domestic animal anim was not flOt responsible for any damage damage damage dam dam- age done by it unless he knew it had dests tendencies 1 For 01 In Instance instance in- in stance the law had been set led that the to owner of ot a dog was not 1 I i s. s 5 t- t 4 4 I Jt Justice Shearman responsible for its is trespass The law on cats C l had not been established but everybody knew that a act cat ct even more mono than a was able ablo and willing to trespass over a a. neighbors neighbor's roofs gardens and trees tree But it was claimed that as regards birds cats ats tel fell fel Into the wild wid animal class as they simply c could ld not re resist resist resist re- re making making a n meal off of ot them when opportunity arose Justice Shearman said a cat could not obviously be bo both a a. domestic animal and a I wild animal anImal He Be le therefore solemnly adjudged that Pussy was a tame animal anc and uness unless there was wa evidence that the owner had knowledge of ot its Is vice the latter later was not re responsible for forthe forthe the naughty deeds of ot bi his pet loot As the tho nation naton wide homing pigeon associations are aro deeply interested in the mattes matter the chances are arc that application will 1 be made to the court of appeal to lodge lodle an appeal with the house of lords which is the supreme and final court like the American supreme cow court