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Washington Supreme Court· 7/21/1914

Gunderson v. Bieren

Citations

  • 80 Wash. 459
  • 142 P. 685
  • 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1411

Syllabus

<p>Animals—Vicious Animals—Damages—Liability. The owner of a vicious bull who knows of its vicious propensity is liable for any injury it may inflict, regardless of the owner’s negligence.</p> <p>Same—Vicious Animals — Injuries—Contributory Negligence— Question eor Jury. A stock buyer, attempting to drive a bull from a corral, is not guilty of contributory negligence, as a matter of law, in striking the bull with a whip and setting his dog upon him, where there was evidence that he was riding a first-class saddle horse, and was charged so suddenly that he could not get out of the way, and that the owner of the bull had assured him that the bull was “not mean.”</p>

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