Alfrey v. Shouse

Opinion op the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

Section 62 of the Kentucky Statutes is as follows:

“If the owner of any distempered cattle, or hogs diseased with hog cholera, shall permit them to run at large *334outside of his enclosure, or shall drive the same into or through any part of this Commonwealth, unless it be from one portion of his own enclosure to another, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for each head, and be liable by civil action for any damage that may occur by the spreading of the disease; and when any such cattle or hogs shall die, the owner…