 If a dog has once bit a man, and the owner having notice thereof keeps the dog, and lets him go about or lie at his door, an action will lie against him at the suit of a person who is bit, though it happened by such person's treading on the dog's toes;...  The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer - Page 614by Richard Burn - 1797Full view - About this book
 | Hunting - 1793 - 480 pages
...do any hurt, the mafter ihall anfwer for it. In the cafe of Smith and H. 20 G. 2. The chief juftice ruled, that if a dog has once bit a man, and the owner,...the dog, and lets him go about, or lie at his door, anaftion will lie againft him at the fuit of the perfon who is bit, though it happened by fuch perfon's... | |
 | William Marriott - Farm law - 1801 - 372 pages
...fhall • . '.'a anfwer for it. . -,.'^ In the cafe of Smith and Pelab, H. 20 G. II. the chief juftice ruled, that if a dog has once bit a man, and the owner...dog, and lets him; go about, or lie at his door, an action will lie againft hini at the fuit of the perfon who is bit, though it happened by fuch perfon's... | |
 | William Marriott - Agricultural laws and legislation - 1807 - 154 pages
...of Smitl and Pelah, H. 2o G. //. the chief juftice ruled, that if a dog has once bit a man, and »he owner having notice thereof} keeps the dog, and lets him go about, or lie at bis door, an a&ion will lie againft him at the fuit of the perfon who is bit, though it: happened by... | |
 | England - 1839 - 870 pages
...tread on a dog's toes. For " in Smith v. Pelah, the Chief Justice ruled ' that if a dog has once hit a man, and the owner, having notice thereof, keeps...dog, and lets him go about, or lie at his door, an action will lie against him at the suit of a person who is hit, though it happened by such person's... | |
 | Richard Burn - Justices of the peace - 1820 - 894 pages
...the owner may be indicted (A) for suffering him to goat large. And in Smith v. Pelah, 2 Str. 1264. It was ruled that if a dog has once bit a man, and...thereof keeps the dog and lets him go about or lie at hi« door, an action will lie against him at the suit of the person bit, though it happened by his... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - Evidence (Law) - 1831 - 788 pages
...whether there was an allegation that the dog was accustomed to bite mankind. See 2 Stark. 214 (n). Where a dog has once bit a man, and the owner having notice thereof, lets him go about, or lie at his door, an action will lie against him by a person who is bit ; though... | |
 | 1839 - 880 pages
...compact Yet you may not illegally tread on a dog's toes. For " in Smith r. Pelah, the Chief Justice ruled ' that if a dog has once bit a man, and the...dog, and lets him go about, or lie at his door, an action will lie against him at the suit of a person who is bit, though it happened by such person's... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1841 - 922 pages
...care on the part of the plaintiff. In Smith v. Pelah, 2 Str. 1264, "the Chief Justice (Sir W. Lee) ruled, that, if a dog has once bit a man, and the...dog, and lets him go about, or lie at his door, an action will lie against him at the suit of a person who is bit, though it happened by such person's... | |
 | Esek Cowen - Justices of the peace - 1841 - 590 pages
...injury alleged in the declaration, to the knowledge of the defendant.(j) Thus, if a dog has once bitten a man, and the owner having notice thereof, keeps...the dog and lets him go about or lie at his door, an action will lie against him at the suit of a person who is afterwards bitten, though it happen by such... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, James Manning, Thomas Colpitts Granger - Election law - 1841 - 1114 pages
...certain extent, a wrong doer. Thus in Smith v. Pelah (b) Lee CJ ruled, that " if a dog has once bitten a man, and the owner, having notice thereof, keeps...dog, and lets him go about, or lie at his door, an action will lie against him at the suit of a person who is bitten, though it happened by such person's... | |
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