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23 Ohio C.C. Dec. 211

Kleybolte v. Buffon

Hamilton Circuit Court

Decided January 6, 1912

Hamilton Circuit Court · decided 1912-01-06

<p>ANIMALS — EVIDENCE—PLEADING.</p> <p>Averment of Viciousness of Dog or Knowledge thereof by Owner not Prerequisite to Recovery for its Bite.</p> <p>An allegation that a dog was vicious or that, its vicious disposition was known to the owner is not prerequisite to recovery of damages for injuries resulting from its hite under Gen. Code 5838; evidence of its character as to viciousness is admissible.</p>

Decided 1912-01-06

SMITH, P. J.

¶1As R. S. 4212-2 (Gen. Code 5838) now reads, it is not necessary that the petition in this case should have stated that the dog owned and harbored by plaintiff in error was vicious and that this viciousness was known to the owner.

¶2We see no error in the admission of evidence as to the character of the dog, whether or not he was or was not a vicious animal, nor in the charge of the court upon the question of damages. Under the facts as disclosed by the record we think the special charges and general charge correctly state the law in the case.

¶3The verdict for $366 is not excessive.

¶4The alleged misconduct of counsel for defendant in error in his address to the jury can not be considered by this court *212under the ease of State v. Young, 77 Ohio St. 529 [83 N. E. Rep. 898], where it is held, that “remarks of counsel in addressing a jury, to be the predicate of a 'proceeding in error on the ground of misconduct, must be brought into the record of the trial by the certificate of the trial judge, as are other matters occurring u$on the trial and in his presence. They can not be introduced by affidavit.”

¶5As there are no errors in the record the judgment is affirmed.

Swing and Jones, JJ., concur.
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