Dorman v. Carlson

This action is brought under § 3404 of the General Statutes, which reads as follows: “When any dog shall do any damage, either to the body or property of any person, the owner or keeper, or, if the owner or keeper be a minor, the parent or guardian of such minor, shall be liable for such damage, except where such damage shall have been occasioned to the body or property of a person who, at the time such damage was sustained, was committing a trespass or other tort.”

The plaintiff requested the court to instruct the jury that under this statute the owner or keeper of a dog would be liable for…