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BUTLER v. FRIEDEN

158 S.E.2d 121 (1967)

208 Va. 352

Robert T. BUTLER et al. v. Cathy Sue FRIEDEN, an infant, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

December 4, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Walker, Norfolk (James A. Howard, Breeden, Howard & MacMillan, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiffs in error.

Eli S. Chovitz, Norfolk (Albert C. Selkin, Steingold, Steingold & Chovitz, Norfolk, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON and GORDON, JJ.

GORDON, Justice.

The four-year-old plaintiff, Cathy Sue Frieden, sustained injuries when she was attacked on a public sidewalk in the City of Norfolk by an unattended and unleashed collie dog named Laddie. A Norfolk ordinance subjects an owner to a fine if his dog "shall go at large upon any public street * * * of the city, unless such dog is accompanied by an attendant or held in leash by a responsible person".1 Relying upon that ordinance...

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