Bly v. Swafford

YOUNG, Justice.

Appellees, husband and wife, as plaintiffs below, brought suit for the damages suffered by Mrs. Swafford when bitten by the dog of appellants on May 18, 1945; the cause being predicated upon negligence of the Blys in keeping a vicious dog and permitting it to inflict aforesaid injury. Trial to the court resulted in a plaintiffs’ judgment for $750, which is the basis of this appeal.

As to scene of the occurrence, Mrs. Swafford, preparatory to'visiting a nearby friend, had just alighted from an automobile that was parked in an alley or driveway at the rear of defendants’ premises,…