Dougherty v. Welch
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for an injury from the bite of a dog; brought to the Court of Common Pleas, and-tried to the court before Studley, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
This is a complaint for damages for injuries resulting from the bite of a dog. Upon the first day of the trial, for the purpose of proving that the defendant was the keeper of the dog, the plaintiff offered evidence tending to prove that subsequently to the injury the defendant’s wife stated in his absence that the defendant and herself, having unsuccessfully tried to get some one to shoot the dog, had killed him by poison. To this evidence the defendant objected, because there had been no proof of agency on the part of the wife to speak for the defendant in his absence. The counsel for the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jacques v. Bridgeport Horse RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1874
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Nelson v. WelchIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
- Noble v. PortsmouthSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1892