GRINER v. SMITH

No. 7819SC978.

259 S.E.2d 383 (1979)

43 N.C. App. 400

Lonnie A. GRINER v. Dallas W. SMITH and wife, Wilma Smith, d/b/a Sandy Hill Farm.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burke, Donaldson & Holshouser by Arthur J. Donaldson and William D. Kenerly, Salisbury, for plaintiff-appellee.

Hudson, Petree, Stockton, Stockton & Robinson by W. Thompson Comerford, Jr., and John F. Mitchell, Winston-Salem, for defendants-appellants.


MORRIS, Chief Judge.

The primary question presented by defendants' appeal concerns the application of the North Carolina rule with respect to the liability of the keeper of domestic animals. Defendants contend that the trial court's instructions were erroneous because they failed to require the jury to find that Dana's April had a vicious propensity and that defendants knew or should have known of this propensity. We reject...

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