COPELAND v. LANDRUM

41773.

113 Ga. App. 341 (1966)

147 S.E.2d 802

COPELAND v. LANDRUM.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided March 17, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atkins & Atkins, Ben S. Atkins, for appellant.

Charles H. Hyatt, for appellee.


PANNELL, Judge.

1. In this action by a plaintiff owner against a defendant for the alleged wilful and malicious killing by the defendant of a dog belonging to plaintiff and seeking general and punitive damages, the evidence was sufficient to authorize a finding that the defendant shot and killed the dog in question in the honest belief that said dog was the same dog, also belonging to the plaintiff, that had previously bitten a child and was vicious, and that the...

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