De Gray v. Murray

*459The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief Justice.

This was an action to recover for injuries resulting to the plaintiff in error (the plaintiff below) from the bite of1 a dog, owned by the defendant in error, which attacked her while she was walking on the public street. At the close of the testimony the trial judge directed a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff seeks to review the judgment entered upon, that verdict.

■ It is the settled law that the owner of a dog will not be held responsible for injuries resulting to another person from its bite unless it be shown that…