Gagnon v. Frank

On June 6, 1926, the plaintiff was engaged to look after the defendant’s premises in Exeter during the defendant's absence abroad. There were three dogs on the premises, and it was one of the plaintiff’s express duties to care for them. On August 2, while attending to this duty, she was bitten on the hand by one of the dogs.

The statute under which the action is brought provides that “every owner or keeper of a dog shall forfeit, to any person injured by it, double the amount of the damage sustained by him.” This statute is to be given a reasonable interpretation. Quimby v. Woodbury, 63 N. H.…