Cudlassi v. MacFarland

On September 10, 1933, the plaintiff was injured by the attack of a dog owned and kept by the defendant. At that time the measure of the statutory liability of the defendant was “double the amount of damages sustained.” G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 140, § 155. But by St. 1934, c. 320, § 18, which took effect on January 1, 1935, after the present action had been brought, certain changes in the conditions of liability were made and the measure of liability was made the “damage,” instead of “double the amount of damages sustained,” The judge ruled that the *613plaintiff could recover damages, but not double…