Karr v. Parks

Citations

• 44 Cal. 46
• 1872 Cal. LEXIS 151

Syllabus

<p>Injuries to Infant—Inadmissible Evidence.—\Where an infant child sues \by her father, as guardian, for damages for suffering and deformity caused by the act of a vicious animal belonging to the defendant, and recovers judgment, such judgment is not available as a bar or admissible in evidence, in a suit brought by the father in his own name, for services rendered and expenses incurred in the cure of the wounds inflicted upon • the child.</p> <p>Idem—Measure of Damages.—Where an infant child has been wounded by a vicious animal, and has thereby been disfigured or deformed, the father of the child can recover from the owner of the animal only for such expenses as he has incurred in healing the original wound, and not for any expense incurred in removing the deformity or disfiguration.</p>