O'Harra v. Miller
Supreme Court of Iowa
Afpeal from Polk Circuit Court. Action to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, by reason of having been bitten by a dog owned by defendant. There was a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
i. vicious ío?infury°by: ownersilp of non!ins ruc I. Code, section 1485, imposes liability upon the owners of dogs for all injuries done by them. The court, in *he third instruction, as applicable to the evidence touching defendant’s ownership of the dog by which plaintiff was bitten, directed the jury that, “if the defendant had the dog in his possession, and was harboring him on his premises as owners usually do with their dogs, then he is the owner within the meaning of the law. If the dog was only casually upon his premises, and was not being harbored by defendant as owners usually harbor…
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