If the amount claimed for the damages by animals trespassing exceed two hundred dollars, the plaintiff will proceed by petition in the circuit court, wherein the proceedings shall be according to the practice of that court; and the clerk shall perform the ministerial duties prescribed for justices of the peace in cases before them.
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