· 5/15/1843
Seibert v. Price
Citations
- 5 Watts & Serg. 438
How courts have described this case
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- if “no statute intervenes, the liability for bodily injuries caused by dogs falls within the general principles governing liability for injuries caused by animals ordinarily harmless”
- if “no statute intervenes, the liability for bodily injuries caused by dogs falls within the general principles governing liability for injuries caused by animals ordinarily harmless”
- “[TJhere was no negligence unless the plaintiffs injury, though in its precise form unforeseeable, was in its general nature a probable consequence” of the defendant’s negligence
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Judges: Gibson
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