Netusil v. Novak

This is an action for damages against the owner of a dog. The petition alleges that the dog was vicious, which fact was known by the defendant prior to the attack by said dog upon the plaintiff. The defendant’s answer denies the allegations of the petition and further avers that the plaintiff’s physical condition is not due to any attack or frightening by defendant’s dog.

*753Upon a trial of the case, the court overruled a motion to direct , a verdict at the close of all the testimony and submitted the case to the jury. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. A motion for new trial was…