Lehnhard v. Robertson's Administratrix

*323Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll.

Affirming.

Lonis Lehnhard, a boy about ten years old, was so severely bitten and clawed by a pet bear that he died from the effects of his injuries. Thereafter his father, as administrator, brought suit against George H. Robertson and George W. Robertson, doing business under the firm name and style of G. W. Robertson Ice Company, and the city of Paducah, to recover damages for the death of the boy.

The suit as against the Robertsons was brought on the theory that the bear, a vicious, dangerous animal, was owned, harbored and maintained by George H.…