Brown v. Kendall
American legal case
Summary
Brown v. Kendall, 60 Mass. 292 (1850), was a case credited as one of the first appearances of the reasonable person standard in United States tort law.
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It said that the defendant and plaintiff were dog fighting, according to the case, it just says that the dogs were fighting and the defendant attempted to break them up, with no indication that it was planned or intended.
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