Street v. Hooten
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tlie County Court oí Clay. Tried before the Hon. W. J. Pearce. On June 5, 1899, the appellants and others describing themselves as “persons living or owning real property adjacent to a stock law district in the county of Clay,” and desiring to have certain adjacent territory incorporated in such stock laiv district, filed. in the commissioners court of Clay county, a petition in which said adjacent territory wais described by government numbers, and in which…
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Appeal from tlie County Court oí Clay. Tried before the Hon. W. J. Pearce. On June 5, 1899, the appellants and others describing themselves as “persons living or owning real property adjacent to a stock law district in the county of Clay,” and desiring to have certain adjacent territory incorporated in such stock laiv district, filed. in the commissioners court of Clay county, a petition in which said adjacent territory wais described by government numbers, and in which petition it was averred that it was to the interest of the citizens of said new district to have the «ame attached or added…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
An act approved December 10th, 1890, provided for the establishment of “stock-law-districts* in Clay county by a majority vote of the electors of a beat or that part of a beat in which it was proposed to establish such district.' This act made it unlawful and punishable by a fine' of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars for :any person to permit stock to run at large in any district established under it, and provided further “that for any damage done by stock running at large in such prohibited territory the owner of such stock shall be liable to the injured party,” etc., etc., and…
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