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CHAPIN v. FYE

No. 182.

179 U.S. 127 (1900)

CHAPIN v. FYE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 19, 1900.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Victor M. Gore for the motion.

Mr. N.H. Stewart and Mr. Benton Hanchett opposing.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action of trespass on the case to recover for personal injuries inflicted on Ruth I. Fye by a dog owned and kept by Chapin; and was based on a statute of the State of Michigan, approved March 28, 1850, which provided that the owner or keeper of any dog injuring any person as set forth should be liable to the person injured "in double the amount of damages sustained, to be recovered in an action...

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