Just then Potts came up, and he let on to be mad because I'd cut off that tail.

One word brought on another; and pretty soon Potts set that dog on me--my own half too, mind you--and the dog bit me in the leg.

See that! look at that leg! About half a pound gone; et up by that dog.
"Now, what I want to see you about is this: Can't I recover damages for assault and battery from Potts?
What I chopped off belonged to me, recollect.

I owned an undivided half of that setter pup, from the tip of his tail clear up to his third rib, and I had a right to cut away as much of it as I'd a mind to; while Potts, being sole owner of the dog's head, is responsible when he bites anybody, or when he barks at nights." "I don't know," replied the colonel, musingly.

"There haven't been any decisions on cases exactly like this.