Minor v. Dockery

Citations

• 125 Miss. 727
• 88 So. 321

Syllabus

<p>1. Animals. Statute imposes absolute liability on owner of trespassing stock.</p> <p>Under the stock law contained in chapter 50, Code of 1906 (chapter 102, Hemingway’s Code), the owners of the domestic animals therein named are required to fence such animals against the crops,, and crops may he cultivated on uninclosed lands; and section 2222, Code of 1906 (section 4541, Hemingway’s Code), being part of said stock law, makes the owner of trespassing stock absolutely liable for damages done by them to the crops of others, and questions of due care and negligence in confining stock are eliminated.</p> <p>2. Animals. Agent in control of trespassing stock not liable for damages.</p> <p>A mere agent in control- of the cattle, horses, and mules belonging to his principal is not liable for damages done-by such animals in trespassing upon the crops of another, unde'r the principle that an agent is liable to no one except his principal for damages resulting from an omission or neglect of duty in respect to the business of the agency.</p>