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· 3/15/1914

Phillips v. Garner

Citations

  • 106 Miss. 828
  • 64 So. 735

Syllabus

<p>Animáis. Monkey. Personal injury. Liability.</p> <p>It is the duty of those who own or keep a monkey or Other wild animal to do it in such a manner as will absolutely prevent it from injuring others. For any injury they may do to others the person keeping them is liable, without any particular notice that they did any such things before, such notice being conclusively presumed from the nature of the animal.</p>

Judges: Reed

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