White v. McRee

Citations

• 111 Miss. 502
• 71 So. 804

Syllabus

<p>1. Animaxs. Personal injuries. Sufficiency of evidence. Appeal an$ error. Damages. Inadequate damages. Review.</p> <p>Where in a suit for damages for injuries sustained by being bitten by a bulldog owned and kept by defendants on their'premises, it appears from the testimony that the dog had previously bitten other people, and that his vicious and ferocious character was well known to defendants and that he was kept on the-premises, running loose, with full knowledge of defendants that he would attack persons who might come within the yard. In-fact that defendants kept the dog for the purpose of protecting the premises by his biting persons who might enter thereon,, in such case a judgment against defendants was warranted.</p> <p>2. Same.</p> <p>In such case where it appeared that plaintiff underwent much, physical suffering and mental terror during the attack, that the flesh of her leg was torn ■ and disfigured and permanently injured and that she was confined to her hed for over three-weeks and was only' able to walk on one foot and was in fear of hydrophobia, a verdict for one hundred dollars was so grossly inadequate as to show prejudice, corruption or a reckless, disregard of the testimony on the part of the jury and under rule-13 of the supreme court, the judgment will he reversed and the case remanded for a new trial as to the amount of damages-only.</p>