Perkins v. Drury
New Mexico Supreme Court
1DissentMcGHEE, Justice
The testimony upon which the majority rely to sustain the judgment came in response to leading questions requiring a yes or no answer as to whether the defendant had warned them the dog might bite children, ignoring the completion of the warnings brought out on cross-examination when the witnesses were given an opportunity to state the younger dog was very jealous of the older one, and if a fight occurred when the children were near they might be injured.
The authorities relied on in the majority opinion do not support the holding in this ■case. I feel the majority opinion makes such a drastic…
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- Cockerham v. . NixonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1850
- Hartman v. AschaffenburgLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1943
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