Horton v. Lincoln County

Citations

• 116 Miss. 813
• 77 So. 796

Syllabus

<p>1. Animals. Tick eradication. Death of animals. Liability. Laws ■■ 1914, chapter 222. Construction.</p> <p>Laws 1914, chapter 222, providing for the dipping of cattle to eradicate ticks, and authorizing the board of supervisors on satisfactory proof to pay for damages suffered by the owner of the cattle in the process of dipping, is not a statute creating-an absolute liability against the county, but is an enabling statute to authorize the board to pay such claims in any amount they may consider to be proper for such injury within the limits prescribed by the statute and -when the board of supervisors disallow such claims the owner cannot recover from the county.</p> <p>2. Pleadings. Conclusions. Negligence.</p> <p>In a suit for damages caused by negligence it is not sufficient to allege negligence as a mere conclusion or inference. Facts must be pleaded showing negligence.</p>