Mississippi § 19-13-49 - Claims for livestock killed or injured in dipping process.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 19-13-49 — Claims for livestock killed or injured in dipping process., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19-13-49. Claims for livestock killed or injured in dipping process.
Any owner of livestock making claim under § 19-5-13 for damages for the death or injury of such livestock occasioned through the process of dipping or as a result of such dipping for the eradication of cattle tick, shall first make proof of the amount of his loss or damage to the board of supervisors. When conclusive proof has been made or submitted to the board and there is no evidence of contributory negligence on the part of the owner and the board is satisfied that the said owner has suffered such loss, then the board of supervisors shall pay to such owner out of the general county funds, such amount as will compensate him for his loss or damage. If the board of supervisors shall refuse to pay such claims, or any part of them, the owner shall have the right of action against the county where such damage occurred. HISTORY: Codes, Hemingway’s 1921 Supp. § 3807b; 1930, § 266; 1942, § 2951; Laws, 1917, ch. 38. Cross References — Payment for cattle slaughtered to control tuberculosis, see § 69-15-211 . JUDICIAL DECISIONS 1. In general. In action for death of cattle from dipping, refusal of instruction that plaintiff was required to prove his case “beyond a reasonable doubt” held erroneous. Jackson County v. Meaut, 181 Miss. 282, 179 So. 343, 1938 Miss. LEXIS 69 (Miss. 1938). RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 37 Am. Jur. Proof of Facts 2d 639, Damages for Loss of or Injury to Animal.
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