HILLIER v. NOBLE

No. 376-81.

458 A.2d 1101 (1983)

Richard HILLIER v. Steven T. NOBLE and Beatrice Noble.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

February 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen L. Klein, Rutland, for plaintiff-appellee.

Christopher A. Webber, Jr., and S. Stacy Chapman, III, of Webber & Costello, Rutland, for defendants-appellants.

Before BARNEY, C.J., HILL, UNDERWOOD and PECK, JJ., and LARROW, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


PECK, Justice.

This is a dog bite case. Plaintiff, a minor, instituted this action in negligence against defendants, through his mother as next friend. Defendants were the owners of a dog which, although secured by a relatively short chain, had bitten plaintiff when he went on their land to retrieve his family cat. The case was tried by jury with verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Defendants filed various motions at the close of all the evidence: for a directed...

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