Legal Principle:1. Joint tort-feasers means joint wrong doers. People can be joint tort-feasers in case of common action, in fact or in law.2. Joint tort-feasers are jointly and severally liable. Factual Situation: Two dogs belonging to two different owners acting on concert attacked a flock of sheep and injured several sheep. In an action for damages brought against the owners of the dogs, if one of them puts a defence claiming that he was liable for one half only of the damage, then which one of the following statements is legally sustainable in the above case? Decision:

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Legal Principle:<br />1. Joint tort-feasers means joint wrong doers. People can be joint tort-feasers in case of common action, in fact or in law.<br />2. Joint tort-feasers are jointly and severally liable. Factual Situation: Two dogs belonging to two different owners acting on concert attacked a flock of sheep and injured several sheep. In an action for damages brought against the owners of the dogs, if one of them puts a defence claiming that he was liable for one half only of the damage, then which one of the following statements is legally sustainable in the above case? Decision:






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