Newton v. Gordon

This action was brought in the Wayne circuit court for injury done to the plaintiff and his family, and to his horse and wagon, upon the high*643way, along which he was at the time traveling in a wagon, by the defendant’s dogs.

The declaration contains two counts, each stating substantially the same grievance. The first is brought under How. Stat. § 2119, which reads as follows:

“If any dog shall have killed, or assisted in killing, wounding, or worrying, any sheep, lamb, swine, cattle, or other domestic animal, or that shall assault or bite or otherwise injure any person while traveling the…