Koller v. Duggan

The plaintiff who sustained personal injuries as a result of a dog bite brought this action of tort under Gr. L. c. 140, § 155, as amended through St. 1934, c. 320, § 18. The case is before us upon the defendants’ exceptions to the denial of their requests for rulings, to the finding for the plaintiff, and to the denial of their motion for a new trial.

An auditor found the following facts. On February 18, 1959, the plaintiff entered for the first time a beauty salon in Boston, owned and operated by the defendant Adele S. Duggan, for the purpose of having her hair cut. Mrs. Dug-gan took the…