Linck v. Scheffel

This was an action of trespass on the case. The appellee was a boy aged about seven years, and on the morning of the 28th of November, 1887, was passing appellant’s residence with a hand-sled, and there being a slight inclination in the sidewalk in the duration the boy was going he threw himself down upon his sled to coast down the incline when appellant’s dog sprang upon him and bit him in the hip. There was some attempt upon the part of the appellant to show that the instant before the boy was bitten he had kicked the dog, or attempted to do so, but the jury, in a special finding, found…