Every owner of livestock referred to in Section 69-13-1 shall be liable for damages for all injuries and trespasses committed by such animals by breaking and entering into or upon the lands, grounds, or premises of another person; and the person injured shall have a lien upon the animal, or animals, trespassing for all such damage. The damages for such trespass shall not be less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each horse, cow or hog, and Five Dollars ($5.00) for each of the other kinds of stock; and for every succeeding offense, after the owner has been notified of the first trespass or injury, double damages shall be recovered with costs. For breaking or entering into a pasture or waste ground, however, double damage shall not be recoverable, and the damages in such cases may be assessed as low as Eight Dollars ($8.00) for each horse, cow or hog and Two Dollars ($2.00) for each of the other kinds of livestock.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals
Chapter 13 - Stock Laws, Estrays
§ 69-13-9. Lawful fence in open range counties defined
§ 69-13-11. Stock law districts in counties with sea walls
§ 69-13-13. Tick reinfestation
§ 69-13-15. Stock taken up; what done
§ 69-13-17. Any person may take up stock
§ 69-13-19. Owner liable for damages
§ 69-13-23. Appeal to circuit court
§ 69-13-25. Case brought in circuit court to enforce lien where over two hundred dollars claimed