BESSENT v. MATTHEWS

No. 88-2448.

543 So.2d 438 (1989)

Bryan Wayne BESSENT, by and through His Parent and Next Friend, Hershell Bessent, and Hershell Bessent, Individually, Appellants, v. Donald W. MATTHEWS and Misty Kelly Butler, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. McCullough, Jacksonville, for appellants.

A. Graham Allen and Pamela S. Lynde of Allen, Brinton & Simmons, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellees.


SMITH, Chief Judge.

The appellant, plaintiff below, appeals from a final summary judgment entered in his negligence suit in favor of the appellee, one of the codefendants. We affirm.

The appellee leased a single family dwelling to Misty Butler, a codefendant, and another individual. Butler was allowed to keep a dog, a mixed breed pit bull terrier and English bulldog, on the premises. When Butler's nephew, the appellant, came to visit one afternoon, the dog...

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