Gigante v. Álvarez

Ms. Justice Cóedova Dávila

delivered tlie opinion of the court.

On March 14, 1933, as Georgina Gigante, a girl six and one-half years old, was passing in front of the house of the defendant-appellant at No. 28 Pacific Place, Santurce, Puerto Rico, a police dog called Nerón, which was at the time in the possession and custody of the defendant-appellant, bit her in the left gluteal region and threw her to the pavement.

The complaint in this action, which was brought by Arturo Gigante for himself and as the father with patria potestas over his minor daughter, Georgina Gigante, contains two causes…