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DOG LEFT ON GUARD. It will be recalled that recently the English courts were concerned in heai*ing an action for damages in which a child was injured by a dog in a stationary motor-car, A similar case has just been decided in Switzerland. The owner of a car left his dog tied up inside it on guard. An inquisitive small boy poked his head inside the car and was bitten on the ear by the dog. Heavy damages were claimed by the father for injuries to his son eaused "by a savage dog left unmuzzled in >a publie place." It was proved evidenee that the biting apparatus of the dog conld not protrude outside the car, and in order to get bitten it was necessary to trespass on the car. The Swiss High Court held that the interior of the car is not a public place and the elaim was'dismissed.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 320, 6 September 1932, Page 2
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