Cameron v. Bryan
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dallas District Court. — Hon. J. H. Apple-gate, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for a personal injury, which, the plaintiff claims she received by reason of the attack of a vicious dog, belonging to the defendants, upon a horse driven by the plaintiff and her sister, by reason of which attack the horse ran away, and the plaintiff was thrown upon a barbed wire fence, and was seriously and permanently injured.
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Appeal from Dallas District Court. — Hon. J. H. Apple-gate, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for a personal injury, which, the plaintiff claims she received by reason of the attack of a vicious dog, belonging to the defendants, upon a horse driven by the plaintiff and her sister, by reason of which attack the horse ran away, and the plaintiff was thrown upon a barbed wire fence, and was seriously and permanently injured. There was a trial hy jury, and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendants appeal. The general vicious character of the dog was not the real quéstion…
1Opinion of the CourtRothbook, J.
i. personal inIrijÁeneaV ry^a^ages!a" pieaamg. I. It is not disputed that the defendants were the owners of the dog which it is claimed caused the injury of which the plaintiff complains. The defendants reside on a farm in Dallas county, and their dwelling house is near a public highway. There is no question but that the plaintiff received a very severe injury by being thrown from a cart in which she was riding, onto a barbed wire fence; and the evidence shows 'without much question that the injury occurred by reason of the fright of the horse by the defendant’s dog, and the evidence fully…
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