Miller v. Desilu Productions, Inc.

This is an appeal from a judgment of nonsuit granted at the close of plaintiff’s ease in an action for damages for personal injury.

A résumé of some of the pertinent facts is as follows: the defendant leased a portion of its studio properties to Lassie Television, Inc., the employers of plaintiff. The Lassie concern sometime after the written lease was executed requested and defendant granted oral permission to Mr. Weatherwax, the owner of some dogs used by Lassie, to park his ear in an area adjacent to the stage used by Lassie.

The defendant company, during the period when Weather-wax was…