Pettus v. Weyel

We adopt appellant’s statement of the nature and result of the suit, as follows:

“Plaintiff sued in his individual capacity and as next friend pf his minor child, alleging that defendant and defendant’s wife owned a dog that became afflicted with rabies and bit the minor plaintiff, Catherine Weyel, and that, as a result thereof, the said minor suffered in the sum of $20,000; that as a further result he in his individual capacity suffered $500.

“Defendant is charged with having violated a city ordinance in regard to letting dogs run at large, therefore guilty of negligence .per se, and is also…