Case ID: njl_44/html/0579-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "\"Van Syckel, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

L. MURRAY PERKINS v. ANNIE MOSSMAN.
    The owner of a dog is liable for an injury committed by the dog, if be bad notice of bis mischievous propensities.
    On certiorari to Union Pleas.
    Argued at June Term, 1882, before Justices Deptte, Van Syckel and Reed.
    For the plaintiff, Vail & Ward.
    
    For the defendant, Shafer & Durand.
    
   The opinion of the court was delivered by

"Van Syckel, J.

By the judgment of the court below, Annie Mossman recovered damages for the injury received by being bitten by a dog belonging to Perkins.

It is well settled that the owner of a dog is liable for an injury committed by the dog, if he had notice of his mischievous propensities. In this case, there is evidence to show that the owner had notice that, on two prior occasions, the dog had shown a vicious disposition, and he kept him, therefore, at his peril.

The judgment below should be affirmed.