Wenndt v. Latare

How do §§ 188.2 and 188.3 of the Code affect the civil liability of the owner of an animal ?

Those sections in various forms were in our Codes down to §§ 2312 and 2313 of the Code of 1897. They were changed somewhat as §§ 2980 and 2981 of the Code of 1924, and thereafter they remained the same except for their numbers. Section 188.2 provides:

All animals shall be restrained by the owners thereof from running at large.

And § 188.3 provides:

Any animal trespassing upon land, fenced as provided by law, may be dis-trained by the owner of such land, and held for all damages done thereon by it, unless…