Dockerty v. Hutson

— The appellant brought this action to recover damages because of an injury which he alleges he received from the bite of a ferocious and vicious dog owned and harbored by the appellee.

After testing the sufficiency of the complaint by demurrer, the appellee filed as his only answer a general denial.

The cause was submitted to a jury, who returned a verdict for the appellee. The appellant moved for a venire de novo, and this motion being overruled, he filed his motion for a new trial, which was likewise overruled.

To the action of the court in overruling said motions the appellant reserved…