Family Believed Their Dog Teddy Had Been Killed by a Neighbor's Car. Years Later, They Learned the Truth, Sparking a Bitter Legal Battle

Family Believed Their Dog Teddy Had Been Killed by a Neighbor's Car. Years Later, They Learned the Truth, Sparking a Bitter Legal Battle

PEOPLE detailed the story in a 1982 print editionstock photo of a mixed breed dogCredit: GettyNEED TO KNOWIn 1982, two families went to legal war over custody of a dogThe situation began when a collie-shepherd mix ran away from home during a moveThe family that found the dog took him in — and more than three years later, learned he belonged to someone elseAfter one family's dog ran away, another family took in the injured hound — unknowingly, at…