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McIntosh v. Doddy

Supreme Court of Ohio
Mar 10, 1948
149 Ohio St. 426 (Ohio 1948)

Opinion

No. 31813

Decided March 10, 1948.

Supreme Court — Dismissal — No debatable constitutional question involved — Animals — Recovery for personal injury from dog bite — Action predicated on common-law liability — Section 5838, General Code — Imposing absolute liability and limiting recovery to compensation — Evidence of scienter and knowledge of viciousness introduced — Claim of contributory negligence as matter of law — Fair trial.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton county.

Mr. Loyal S. Martin, for appellee.

Messrs. Strasser, Shannon Strasser, for appellants.


It is ordered and adjudged that this appeal as of right be, and the same hereby is, dismissed for the reason that no debatable constitutional question is involved.

Appeal dismissed.

WEYGANDT, C.J., TURNER, MATTHIAS, HART, SOHNGEN and STEWART, JJ., concur.

ZIMMERMAN, J., not participating.


Summaries of

McIntosh v. Doddy

Supreme Court of Ohio
Mar 10, 1948
149 Ohio St. 426 (Ohio 1948)
Case details for

McIntosh v. Doddy

Case Details

Full title:McINTOSH, APPELLEE v. DODDY ET AL., APPELLANTS

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Mar 10, 1948

Citations

149 Ohio St. 426 (Ohio 1948)
79 N.E.2d 137

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