Williams v. Goodwin

Opinion

PUGLIA, J.

Plaintiffs appeals from a judgment of nonsuit rendered after the trial court entered orders granting the motions of each defendant for nonsuit and discharging the jury.

The disposition of this appeal requires the resolution of a question which to our knowledge has never received the attention of an appellate court in this state. The question to be determined is whether strict liability is imposed upon a defendant for personal injury inflicted upon a plaintiff on plaintiff’s land by trespassing livestock in possession or control of defend ant. For the reasons set forth infra we…