| Court: | Massachussetts appellate court |
| Facts: | Both are out hunting deer. They see the same deer. Dapson fires first, but it seems as though Daly may have fired the fatal shot. Can't tell for sure. |
| Posture: | Initial finding for the defendant. |
| Issue: | Who is the rightful owner of the dead deer? |
| Holding: | Daly. |
| Rule: | Gotta draw the line somewhere, and if Daly really killed it, it should be his. |
| Reasoning: | It's stare decisis time. Citations to Pierson v. Post and Young v. Hichens. |
| Dicta: | |