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Kovar v. Cleveland

Supreme Court of Ohio
May 2, 1951
99 N.E.2d 182 (Ohio 1951)

Summary

In Kovar v. City of Cleveland, Ohio App., 102 N.E.2d 472, 60 Ohio Law Abst. 579, state law provided for registration tags on dogs and city ordinance provided for muzzling of dogs by owners when they are permitted to run at large and for impoundment if found at large unmuzzled.

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Opinion

No. 32586

Decided May 2, 1951.

Supreme Court — Dismissal — No debatable constitutional question involved — Municipal corporations — Ordinance requiring impounding and disposition of unmuzzled dogs — Sale or gift to hospitals and laboratories for experimental purposes — Taxpayer's action to enjoin — Power of municipalities to provide for disposition of stray dogs — Section 3, Article XVIII, Constitution.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga county.

Mr. Harry J. Dworkin, for appellants.

Mr. Lee C. Howley, director of law, and Mr. James M. McSweeney, for appellees.


It is ordered and adjudged that this appeal as of right be, and the same hereby is, dismissed for the reason that no debatable constitutional question is involved.

Appeal dismissed.

WEYGANDT, C.J., ZIMMERMAN, STEWART, MIDDLETON, TAFT, MATTHIAS and HART, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Kovar v. Cleveland

Supreme Court of Ohio
May 2, 1951
99 N.E.2d 182 (Ohio 1951)

In Kovar v. City of Cleveland, Ohio App., 102 N.E.2d 472, 60 Ohio Law Abst. 579, state law provided for registration tags on dogs and city ordinance provided for muzzling of dogs by owners when they are permitted to run at large and for impoundment if found at large unmuzzled.

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Case details for

Kovar v. Cleveland

Case Details

Full title:KOVAR ET AL., APPELLANTS v. CITY OF CLEVELAND ET AL., APPELLEES

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: May 2, 1951

Citations

99 N.E.2d 182 (Ohio 1951)
99 N.E.2d 182

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