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· 10/15/1830

Hartness v. Boyd

Citations

  • 5 Wend. 563

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  • “[A] keeper of an 22 animal . . . that [the] keeper knows or has reason to know has dangerous propensities or 23 traits, may be found strictly liable to anyone injured as a result of those propensities or 24 traits.”

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Judges: Marcy

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