The plaintiff’s dogs having hunted and caught, on the defendant’s land, a hare started on the land of another, the property is thereby vested in the plaintiff, who may maintain trespass against the defendant for afterwards taking away the hare. And so it would be though the hare, being quite spent, had been caught up by a labourer of the defendant for the benefit of the hunters.
[1811] EngR 384, (1811) 14 East 249, (1811) 104 ER 596
Commonlii
England and Wales
Updated: 17 September 2021; Ref: scu.339468