Legal Opinion

Fellers v. Carson

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 6, 1987No. 73628PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Benham, Judge.

On February 19, 1984, appellee was bitten by a cat owned by appellants. Appellee received the injury, which became seriously infected, while attempting to remove the cat from her yard. This interlocutory appeal is from the denial of summary judgment to appellants in appellee’s suit against them. We reverse.

This case is controlled by the holding in Brown v. Pierce, 176 Ga. App. 787 (338 SE2d 39) (1985). Here, as there, the defendants put into the record positive evidence that they had no knowledge of the animal ever biting anyone before; the plaintiff had no evidence to the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Harvey v. BuchananSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Smith v. CulverCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  3. Brown v. PierceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Jackson v. MateusUtah Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Fields v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  3. Fields v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989

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