Plummer v. Ricker
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action on the Case. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the December term, 1897, Caledonia county, Thompson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The plaintiff, a young boy, claimed to have been attacked and bitten by the defendant’s dog, as the plaintiff, with other children, was passing the defendant’s house.
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Action on the Case. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the December term, 1897, Caledonia county, Thompson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The plaintiff, a young boy, claimed to have been attacked and bitten by the defendant’s dog, as the plaintiff, with other children, was passing the defendant’s house. The defendant testified that he was present on the occasion in question and that the boy was not bitten, but that he fell down in the road and hurt himself upon a stone; that the dog was present but did not stir from his place. The…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, J.
The action is case for the recovery of damages resulting from the bite of an alleged vicious dog. The plaintiff s evidence tended to show that the dog was given to the defendant’s minor sonthat he was kept at the defendant’s house, nearly all the summer and fall before he bit the plaintiff; that he had been seen to follow the defendant’s team; that both the son and the dog made the defendant’s house their home; that the dog had bitten one boy before at the defendant’s house, of which the defendant was informed; and that the defendant stated that he would not have the dog killed. The court…
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