Angrave v. Oates

Opinion

LAVERY, C. J.

The defendant, Shelia Oates, appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the plaintiff, Jan Angrave, in an action for the replevin of a show dog. On appeal, the defendant challenges the court’s determination that the plaintiff holds a superior right to possess the animal. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

This case arises out of an oral agreement between the plaintiff and the defendant under which the defendant agreed to place Lady Catherine, her fourteen month old purebred Greater Swiss Mountain dog, in the custody of the plaintiff. In…