Morgan v. Kroupa

702 A.2d 630 (1997)

Mary MORGAN

v.

Zane KROUPA.

No. 95-594.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

September 5, 1997.

Beth Robinson of Langrock Sperry & Wool, Middlebury, for plaintiff-appellee.

Christena M. Obregon, Burlington, for defendant-appellant.

Before GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ., and ALLEN, C.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

MORSE, Justice.

Defendant Zane Kroupa appeals from a judgment awarding possession of a dog named Boy (a/k/a Max) to plaintiff Mary Morgan. We affirm.

Defendant adopted a mixed-breed puppy when it was six to eight weeks old and trained it to be a hunting dog. In July 1994, when…