Poulos v. Brady

Opinion by

Dithrich, J.,

The record in this case presents a rather anomalous situation. Plaintiff recovered a verdict for damages sustained as a result of having been attacked and bitten by a dog owned by defendant, the proprietress of a taproom. Although the suit was based and tried by plaintiff on the legal principle of the care which must be exercised by an innkeeper to see that his patrons or guests are protected from injury, it was defended in the court below, and argued here, as though it had been predicated on the theory that defendant harbored a vicious dog with knowledge of its vicious…