Liability for Cruelty to Animals.įorm of indictment of driver and conductor on city railroad car, for overdriving and overloading, &c horses, in violation of the statute against cruelty to animals. This case establishes the legal proposition that the conductor and driver of a horse car will be liable for violations of the law regardless of company policy or orders.Discussed in Favre, History of Cruelty That this case dealt with the issue of overloading a horse car is appropriate as it was one of the most visible examples of animal abuse of the time. Bergh of the ASPCA under the new New York anti-cruelty law.
This case represents one of the first prosecutions by Mr.