Hunt v. Hazen, Adm.

This is an action for damages brought by the plaintiff Clara Hunt to recover from the defendant G. L. Hazen, as administrator of the estate of Gertrude A. Hattan, deceased.

The plaintiff sustained personal injuries when she was bitten by a dog, admittedly vicious. The dog had been owned and kept by Mr. Hattan, who predeceased his wife, the defendant’s intestate, by a month or two. The question submitted for determination by the jury was whether or not the defendant’s intestate was at the time of the injury the owner, keeper, or harborer of the dog.

After the parties had rested, the defendant…