Meilke v. Schabble
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Van Burén; Des Voignes, J. Case by Herman Meilke against August Schabble for injuries to plaintiff’s colts caused by a vicious dog. A judgment for plaintiff is reviewed by defendant on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This action originated in justice’s court, and was brought to recover damages for injuries to plaintiff’s colts, caused by defendant’s dog chasing said colts through a barbed-wire fence. The declaration was a common-law declaration. The circuit judge held that it was necessary to show the scienter. The plaintiff recovered a verdict for the damages to the colts, and the defendant brings error.
The assignments of error are nine in number. The first is based upon a ruling of the court admitting testimony that the plaintiff, after his colts were injured, went to the farm of the defendant and…
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