Bocker v. Miller

FOX, P.

Kathryn Bocker, a minor, by her father as her guardian ad litem, and her father, Verlin G. Bocker, on his own behalf, brought this action against defendant for injuries sustained when defendant’s horse, upon which the father and Ms daughter were mounted, reared up and came over backwards on top of them. The suit was based on two separate theories: (1) negligence and (2) ownership of a vicious and dangerous horse known to be such by the owner. After presentation of plaintiffs’ case, the trial judge granted defendant’s motion for nonsuit against both plaintiffs. As to the father, the…