Legal Opinion

Mailhot v. Crowe

Washington Supreme Court

Decided January 29, 1918No. 14192PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered March 14, 1917, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for personal in-j ui'ies inflicted by a vicious dog, tried to the court.

1Opinion of the CourtEllis, C. J.

Action for damages for personal injuries to plaintiff wife, inflicted by a dog owned and kept by defendants. The cause was tried to the court without a jury. The court found, that the animal was “a vicious, ill-tempered and dangerous bulldog”; that, while the injured woman was passing along a public street near defendants’ residence, she was attacked by the dog suddenly and without notice, warning or provocation, thrown down and severely bruised and con*624tused on her stomach, breast, side and hips, from which she suffered great pain in body and mind, and still suffers “from nervous shock and…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Godeau v. BloodSupreme Court of Vermont · 1880
  2. Robinson v. MarinoWashington Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Knowles v. MulderMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Corliss v. SmithSupreme Court of Vermont · 1881
  5. Flansburg v. BasinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1878

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Johnston v. OhlsWashington Supreme Court · 1969
  2. Boatman v. MilesWyoming Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Lander v. ShannonWashington Supreme Court · 1928
  4. Perazzo v. OrtegaArizona Supreme Court · 1927
  5. Rickett v. CoxCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1944

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