Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Mississippi

Stolen Animal

I have a registered lab that was stolen from my yard. My wife left at 3:00 p.m. to go up town and noticed a car coming towards our drive way as she was leaving. The car put on it's brakes once it passed my wife's vehicle as to be turning into our drive way. My wife identified the vehicle as on driven by a concrete worker who had been working on our house the days before. My wife was gone to town for less than an hour, once she returned, our dog was gone and we have had no trace of her since. The sheriff's dept. talked to the person owning the car, but was told they knew nothing about the dog. What kind of legal grounds do I have? To me, we can put the man at our house at the exact time our dog was last seen, so I would think at least a civil suit could be pursued. However, if he has already gotten rid of the dog, I don't see what leg we have to stand on? Is there other ways to approach this?


Asked on 8/15/04, 12:27 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jeffrey Padgett Padgett Law Firm, pllc

Re: Stolen Animal

If you file suit and/or press charges, you'll be liable for damages to him if you lose the case. I'm sure you've already talked to neighbors, put up flyers, given picture of dog to sheriff, notified animal control personally, etc.

Other than that, there's not much else I could suggest you do.

Jeff

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Answered on 8/15/04, 9:02 am


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