Van Harlengen v. Bearse

By statute it is provided that where a person “ owns or keeps a vicious or dangerous animal of any kind, and by the careless management of the same, or by allowing the same to go at liberty, another without fault on his part is injured thereby, such owner or keeper shall be liable in damages for such injury.” Civil Code (1910), § 4417. This suit was brought under the foregoing section, for personal injuries inflicted upon the plaintiff by a bull alleged to be the property of defendant. Upon the trial the defendant contended that there could be no legal recovery, inasmuch as the suit was…