Behrle v. Hust
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Charles A. Williams, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goodwin
Abstract of the Decision. 1. Animals, § 15*—when owner liable for personal injuries inflicted by. An owner having knowledge of the mischievous propensities of an animal, of a kind not naturally vicious, is liable for personal injuries caused by such animal acting in accord with such propensities. 2. Animals, § 15*—what liability of owner of animal known to be of mischievous propensities based upon. Liability of owner of an animal of known mischievous propensities, for injuries caused by it, is not based on negligence but on the fact that he continued to own an animal known by him to be…
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