Wooldridge v. White
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 28 — DAMAGES 1. The court erred in its instructions. 2. The court erred in admitting incompetent evidence. 3. The court erred in refusing a new trial on the ground of misconduct and irregularity upon the part of the jury and the appellee. 4. The verdict was flagrantly against the evidence.
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Case 28 — DAMAGES 1. The court erred in its instructions. 2. The court erred in admitting incompetent evidence. 3. The court erred in refusing a new trial on the ground of misconduct and irregularity upon the part of the jury and the appellee. 4. The verdict was flagrantly against the evidence. Citations: L. & N. R. R. Co. v. Belcher, 89 Ky., 193; Nichols v. Sennitt, 78 Ky., 630; Com. v. McClanahan, 2 Met., 8; Bliss on Code Pleading, sec. 202; Chitty on Pleading, s. p., 222, 223 and note; Bennett v. Hurd, 3 Johns., 438; Com. v. Young, 7 B. M., 1; 2 Stat. Laws, 1482; Com. v. Kenner, 11 B. M.,…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PAYNTER
delivered the opinion oe the court.
G. W. and Virgil White kept a livery stable in Elizabeth-town, back of which was an inclosed lot in which they kept fowls, hogs, and other stock. In this lot they kept a dog chained to a post. The plaintiff, Wooldridge, desiring to look at an animal in the lot which the defendants had for sale, they sent an employe to show it to him. After' seeing it, he, in company with the employe, started to return to the stable, and in doing so they passed between the post to which the dog was chained and a pond, the space between which being about fifteen!…
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