Keener v. Tate

Bell, Chief Judge.

This is a personal injury case in which the plaintiff was bitten by defendant’s dog. The trial court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment. Held:

In order to recover in a case of this nature the plaintiff must prove (1) that the animal has a vicious or dangerous character and (2) knowledge of this propensity on the part of the owner. Flowers v. Flowers, 118 Ga. App. 85 (162 SE2d 818); Starling v. Davis, 121 Ga. App. 428 (174 SE2d 214). Defendant in support of her motion for summary judgment denied that she had any knowledge that her dog had ever displayed any…