PHARO v. PEARSON

No. 758SC639.

220 S.E.2d 359 (1975)

28 N.C. App. 171

Clarence PHARO, Individually and as guardian ad litem for Danny Pharo v. Stanley W. PEARSON and Faith S. Pearson.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 17, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerrans & Spence, P. A., by William D. Spence, Kinston, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jeffress, Hodges, Morris & Rochelle, P. A., by A. H. Jeffress, Kinston, for defendants-appellees.


BRITT, Judge.

By their first assignment of error, plaintiffs contend the trial court erred in excluding testimony tending to show the vicious propensity of defendants' dog approximately four weeks subsequent to the date on which the minor plaintiff was bitten. The assignment has merit.

In the trial of this action, it was proper, if not necessary, for plaintiffs to show that defendants' dog was "dangerous, vicious, mischievous, or ferocious, or one termed in...

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