Berry Ex Rel. Berry v. Kegans

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

A six year old girl was bitten by her neighbors’ dog. She brought this action — by and through her father — to recover damages.

A jury returned a verdict for defendants. Plaintiff has appealed.

Highly summarized, the facts are substantially as follow:

The girl — Elizabeth Ellen Berry — lived with her parents across the street from the Kegans — defendant owners of the dog. It was a suburban residential area of Wichita. For sometime the Kegans had owned a female Boxer dog named “Princess”. She was bred to a grand champion, and of her litter the…