Ford v. Glennon
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for shooting and killing the plaintiff’s dog, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Curtis, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff for alleged errors in- the rulings of the court. Permission to file a motion for reargument refused. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The defendant was sued for killing a large and valuable St. Bernard dog belonging to the plaintiff. It had been registered under General Statutes, § 3746, was properly collared, and was not ferocious nor accustomed to bite mankind. On the day in question it was running loose on the street with a child of six, the plaintiff’s daughter, but at such a distance as to be entirely beyond her control, when it gave chase to a cat of the defendant’s which was a household pet. The cat ran up the’ stoop of the defendant’s house, where the dog injured it somewhat. His wife flung open the door with a…
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