Brewer v. Furtwangler

While an unintentional trespasser upon the defendants’ land, plaintiff was attacked and seriously injured by a vicious dog owned by the defendants. This action was instituted to recover for the personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff. The trial of the cause to a jury resulted in a verdict for twenty-six hundred dollars, which was reduced by the trial court to eighteen hundred dollars, in favor of the plaintiff. From judgment on the reduced verdict, the defendants have appealed.

Appellants admit that the dog was vicious, and that they knew the dog was vicious. They concede the cor rectness…