Pegg v. Gray

We are not dealing here with a trespass committed by a dog of its own volition while roaming abroad.

It may be conceded as a well-established principle of law that where a dog roams abroad on another’s land of its own accord and does damage or inflicts injury to persons, animals, or property there can be no recovery therefor in the absence of special statutory enactment, unless it be shown that (1) the dog was possessed of a propensity to commit the depredation complained of and (2) the owner knew, or was chargeable with knowledge, of such propensity. Buckle v. Holmes, 2 K. B. (Eng.) 125, 54…