561.09 OWNER OF ANIMALS LIABLE FOR TRESPASS.
In case the owner or occupant of lands shall not distrain the animals or fowls doing damage
as provided herein, then any person who shall knowingly permit the running at large or trespass
of any such domestic animal or fowl within any city, shall be liable to the person aggrieved for
treble the damages sustained, to be recovered in a civil action.
History: (1390) 1921 c 319 s 5; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444