Robb v. Shephard

This action was brought to recover damages which the plaintiff sustained in consequence of being bitten by a dog which it is alleged was kept by the defendant. The plaintiff recovered a judgment and two errors are assigned in this Court as reason for a reversal.

First. That the court erred in the instructions given the jury as to what would be sufficient to show that the defendant, while not the owner, might be considered as the keeper of the dog.

Taking all that was said upon the subject the jury could not have found that this defendant was the keeper of the dog. The court distinctly said that…