Kennedy v. Howell

1. Fulton County being one of the few remaining counties in Georgia in which the provisions of the “no-fence” law contained in Chapter 68 of our Code have not been adopted, the owner of an animal *506which enters and damages uninclosed property of another is, under the provisions of Code § 62-801, not liable for the trespass.

2. However, city ordinances regulating the keeping of livestock within the corporate limits are enforceable as a valid exercise of the police power of the municipality. Curtis v. Town of Helen, 171 Ga. 256 (155 S. E. 202); Hall v. Twin City, 203 Ga. 52 (45 S. E. 2d 412).…