Menches v. Inglewood Humane Society

This action is for damages resulting from the bite of an unruly dog which had been impounded and for a time kept by defendants before its sale and delivery by them to plaintiffs. The question for determination is whether, after payment of the impoundage and the acceptance of the animal by plaintiffs at their home, defendants are liable under the dog bite statute which imposes liability upon the owner of a vicious dog when it bites another.

Plaintiffs’ ground for recovery was stated in two causes of action: by the first they alleged that the defendants knowing it to be vicious and accustomed to…