Buffington v. Nicholson

The plaintiffs Buffington, husband and wife, sued to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by Mrs. Buffington when she was attacked and bitten by defendants’ dog. From a judgment awarding said plaintiffs the sum of $5,268 and costs, and from an order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant Edward 0. Nicholson has perfected this appeal.

It appears from the record that appellant, the owner of a male pedigreed Doberman pinscher dog named “King,” and respondent W. L. Buffington, the owner of a female pedigreed Doberman pinscher dog named “Tina,” entered into an oral…