Andrews v. Jordan Marsh Co.

This is an action of tort to recover compensation for injuries resulting to the plaintiff from being bitten by a dog while she was in the defendant’s department store. There was a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted to the denial of its motion for a directed verdict and to parts of the charge.

There was evidence that the plaintiff on January 12, 1927, was bitten by a dog when she as a customer of the defendant was in the basement of the “annex” to the store, a part of the store intended for the use of customers. It is agreed that the dog had rabies and that the plaintiff required…