Turner v. Craighead
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from Westchester county court. Action by William I. Turner against Horace Craighead. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.
This action was brought to recover damages resulting from being bitten by a dog owned by the appellant, in July, 1893. The exceptions present a single question only, viz. whether the evidence was sufficient to charge the appellant with knowledge of the vicious habits and character of the dog. It was proven that the dog had bitten persons on two occasions prior to the attack made upon the plaintiff, and that it was his habit, as also that of two other dogs owned by the appellant, to rush out at persons passing upon the highway, and bark at them. A witness named Owens, who had been in the…
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