Hunt v. Scheer

ROMANG, Judge:

This suit was brought to recover damages suffered by plaintiffs as a result of Kathryn A. Hunt being bitten by a dog owned and kept by the defendants, Robert A. Scheer and Patricia A. Scheer, husband and wife. Trial of this case before a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendants. Plaintiffs, Walter S. Hunt and Kathryn A. Hunt, husband and wife, have appealed.

The sole question for decision is whether there was evidence that defendants’ dog was provoked to bite and injure Mrs. Hunt within the meaning of the term “provocation” as used in 4 O.S.1971, § 42.1, which…