Printable Format47-123. Damages to person injured; lien. Any owner whose livestock shall run at large, in violation of K.S.A. 47-122 shall be liable to the person injured for all damages resulting therefrom, and the person so damaged shall have a lien on said livestock for the amount of such damages.
History: L. 1929, ch. 211, § 2; L. 1979, ch. 167, § 2; July 1.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
"Kansas Fence Laws and Trespassing Livestock," Sam Brownback, 56 J.K.B.A., No. 3, 15, 19 (1986).
Attorney General's Opinions:
Domestic animals; livestock; peacocks. 93-102.
Provision in K.S.A. 47-122 that it is unlawful for domestic animals to run at large is provision for civil liability. 2001-54.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Proof necessary to establish liability determined; loose stock statutes reviewed. Wilson v. Rule, 169 Kan. 296, 297, 300, 219 P.2d 690; Abbott v. Howard, 169 Kan. 305, 307, 308, 309, 312, 316, 317, 318, 219 P.2d 696.
2. Damage action; automobile collision with cow; instructions and alleged trial errors considered; judgment upheld. Clark v. Carson, 188 Kan. 261, 262, 265, 362 P.2d 71.
3. Negligence action; motorist collided with defendant's horse; evidence of prior escapes of defendant's horses properly admitted. Cooper v. Eberly, 211 Kan. 657, 662, 667, 508 P.2d 943.