GEORGE v. PERKINS

No. 45335.

221 So.2d 717 (1969)

Leroy GEORGE v. James D. PERKINS, Jr.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 21, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Koestler, Vicksburg, for appellant.

Prewitt, Bullard, Braddock & Vance, Vicksburg, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice:

Most of the cases against livestock owners by motorists injured as a result of livestock straying into public highways involve statutes such as Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated Section 4876.5 (1956). This case was not brought under the statute. In this case the defendant, Leroy George, maintained his cattle in a pasture fronting on a county road that carried a considerable amount of traffic. The fences to the pasture were inadequate to...

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