Twigg v. Ryland
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception. — Stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception. — Stated in the opinion of the Court. Second Exception. — The plaintiffs prayed the Court to instruct the jury as follows: 1. That if the jury believe from the evidence in the cause, that Andrew J. Eyland, the defendant, owned or kept on his premises, in the City of Cumberland, Md., a certain dog, and shall further find that said dog attacked and inflicted the injuries upon Mary E. Twigg, as testified to, and detailed by the witnesses in the cause, then the plaintiffs are…
1Opinion of the Court
Alvey, O. J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The appellants in this case were the plaintiffs below, and they brought the action to recover of the defendant for injuries received by the female plaintiff by the bite of a dog, alleged to have belonged to or to have been kept by the defendant, with knowledge that the dog was ferocious and dangerous.
In regard to the law of the case, it is well settled, that if any person keeps an animal mansuetce naturae, of a ferocious or vicious disposition, accustomed to bite or attack mankind, knowing that it is possessed of such disposition or vicious…
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