Melton v. South Shore U-Drive, Inc.

In an action to recover damages for the loss of plaintiff’s pedigreed Collie show dog, defendants' appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, entered December 20, 1968 upon a jury verdict, as included a recovery against them based upon the jury’s award of $8,000 for the loss of prospective stud fees (appellants’ brief asks for no relief from so much of the judgment as is based on the jury award of $7,000 for the market value of the dog). Judgment reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs to appellants; accordingly, the…