...keeper of any dog shall forfeit, to for Injury done |* 1 i , by dogs. any person mjured by such dog, double the amount of the damage sustained by him, to be recovered in an action- of trespass, and in such action, the defendant may plead the i A by-law of a town, made under this section,...

...^- them. damages by. SECT. 59. Every owner or keeper of a dog shall forfeit to any 20 Hck!'4§r7?' 12 Met. 2111. him, to be recovered in an action of tort. whcVanyper- SECT. 60. Any person may kill...

...which provide that " every owner or keeper of any dog shall forfeit to any person injured by such dog double the amount of the damage sustained by him, to be recovered in an action of trespass." At the trial in the court of common pleas, before Briggs, J., the defendant contended that...

...dog shall forfeit to any person Pcreom injured to ,..,.__.. , <. Ai i ^ • lit- recover double, ftc. injured by it double the amount of the damage sustained by him, ibid.ssa. to be recovered in an action of tort. aj 1>ick- 4"718. Any person may kill a dog that shall...

...shall receive from the city or town treasury fifty cents for each dog so destroyed by them.] SECT. 59. Every owner or keeper of a dog shall forfeit to any...sustained by him, to be recovered in an action of tort. 12 Gush. 278. 11 Gray, 29. 1 Allen, 191. 8 Allen, 101, 191. 4 Allen, 431. 104 MM.. 68. SECT. 60. Any...

...commission of a trespass or other tort." " Sec. 11. Every owner or keeper of a dog shall forfeit to every person injured by it, double the amount of the damage sustained by him to be recovered in an action of debt." " The action is brought under section 11, and it is claimed that under this statute the liability...

...tFe defendant knew that his dog was accustomed to attack and bite mankind. (Popjrfewell vTPiera!,"l6 Cush.~ 509 ; Pressey v. Wirth, 3 Allen, 191.) No evidence...of tort." (Gen. Sts. c. 88, § 59.) This statute is n_ot.a_penal, but a remedial statute, giving all the damages to the person injured. (Mitchell v. Clapp,...

...of the injury is the locus delicti. Thus, in Le Forest v. Tolman, 6 a Massachusetts statute provided that "every owner or keeper of a dog shall forfeit...sustained by him, to be recovered in an action of tort" (without regard to the scienter). The defendant lived in Massachusetts and the plaintiff in New Hampshire....

...not pay this respect to the characteristics or prejudices i This statutory provision is as follows : "Every owner or keeper of a dog shall forfeit to any...sustained by him, to be recovered in an action of tort." CHASE (2n ED.) — 6 of dogs. See Denison v. Lincoln, 131 Mass. 236. Exceptions sustained. (Other valuable...

...trial. Nor is it contended that the defendant would be liable to any action or indictment by t.iie laws of that State . The plaintiff relies upon the...action of tort." Gen. Sts. c. 88, § 59. This statute i8_not_a_rjgn.ali. but a remedial statute, giving all the damages to the person jinjurjefl. Mitchell...