Swanson v. Miller
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Ford county; the Hon. Ti-iomas M. Harbis, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baume
This is an action on the case by appellant, against appellee, to recover damages for injuries resulting to appellant in a runaway alleged to have been occasioned by a certain dog owned and harbored by appellee, . attacking and biting a horse which appellant was driving. There was a verdict of not guilty and judgment against appellant for costs.
The declaration contains four counts. The first count charges appellee with keeping a dog, well knowing that said dog was used and accustomed to attack and bite mankind, and attack and bite horses driven along the public highway and cause such horses to…
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