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Call Now: 904-383-7448Any owner of livestock who intentionally or knowingly permits the same to run at large or stray upon the public roads of this state or any property not belonging to the owner of the livestock unless by permission of the owner of such property, or any person who shall release livestock, after being impounded, without authority of the impounder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding $500.00, or by both fine and imprisonment.
(Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 380, § 12; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 395, § 6.)
- Appellate court held that O.C.G.A. § 4-3-3 was not a penal statute and it reversed the trial court's judgment convicting defendant and defendant's spouse who were charged under § 4-3-3 instead of O.C.G.A. § 4-3-12. Cotton v. State, 263 Ga. App. 843, 589 S.E.2d 610 (2003).
- 4 Am. Jur. 2d, Animals, § 34 et seq.
- 3B C.J.S., Animals, §§ 303, 304, 305, 307, 308.
- Scienter as condition of liability for damage by trespassing animals other than dogs, 33 A.L.R. 1305.
Owner's liability, under legislation forbidding domestic animals to run at large on highways, as dependent on negligence, 34 A.L.R.2d 1285.
Liability of owner of animal for damage to motor vehicle or injury to person riding therein resulting from collision with domestic animal at large in street or highway, 29 A.L.R.4th 431.
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Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1929-09-10
Citation: 169 Ga. 1, 1929 Ga. LEXIS 265, 149 S.E. 562
Snippet: or less, and included “forty-three and one half (43-1/2) acres of lot number two hundred and thirty-seven