Rickett v. Cox

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sims

—Affirming.

Appellee, Hila Ester Cox, obtained a verdict against appellant, Porta Rickett, for $800 damages as a result of having been bitten by a dog alleged to be vicious and owned by him. A reversal of the judgment entered on the verdict is sought on three grounds: 1. Knowledge of the dog’s viciousness by the owner was not shown, therefore his motion for a directed verdict should have been sustained; 2. incompetent evidence was admitted as to the viciousness of the dog; 3. the instructions were erroneous.

With the repeal of KS Sec. 68a-5 one bitten by a dog…