Doerfler v. Redding

This is a statutory action for damages for injuries suffered by the plaintiff by reason of being bitten by the defendant’s dog. The defendant has appealed from a judgment for the plaintiff, assigning as error that the conclusions and the judgment are not supported by the facts or the law.

The facts may be stated as follows: On April 10, 1962, at about 5:30 p.m., the defendant, owner of a miniature poodle, had her dog on a leash on her front lawn in West Hartford. The plaintiff, an eleven-year-old boy, was on the defendant’s prop*695erty delivering newspapers. When the plaintiff approached the…