Section 433.122 – Pounds; Maintenance by Township.
433.122 Pounds; maintenance by township. Sec. 22. Each township may, at its own expense, and in such places therein as the electors shall direct, provide and maintain 1 or more sufficient pounds, in which swine, sheep, horses, asses, mules, goats and neat cattle, may be restrained and kept from going at large contrary to law, […]
Section 433.123 – Pounds; Injury, Penalty.
433.123 Pounds; injury, penalty. Sec. 23. If any person shall wilfully injure any pound maintained by any township, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 50 dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 90 days at the discretion of […]
Section 433.151 – Damages Upon Lands by Beasts; Barred Unless Enclosed.
433.151 Damages upon lands by beasts; barred unless enclosed. Sec. 1. No person shall be entitled to recover any sum of money, in any action at law, for damages done upon lands by any beast or beasts, unless the partition fences by which such lands are wholly or in part enclosed, and belonging to such […]
Section 433.110 – Notice of Beasts Distrained; Publication in Newspaper.
433.110 Notice of beasts distrained; publication in newspaper. Sec. 10. In case notice shall be given by posting up the same, if no person shall appear to claim the beasts within 7 days after the day of impounding, a like notice shall be published for 3 successive weeks, in some public newspaper, if any shall […]
Section 433.111, 433.112 – Repealed. 1991, Act 142, Imd. Eff. Nov. 25, 1991.
433.111, 433.112 Repealed. 1991, Act 142, Imd. Eff. Nov. 25, 1991. Compiler’s Notes: The repealed sections pertained to animals running at large.
Section 433.113 – Sale of Beasts; Notice.
433.113 Sale of beasts; notice. Sec. 13. If the sum so found to be due, shall not be forthwith paid, the person who impounded the beasts shall cause them to be sold by auction in the township where they are impounded, first advertising the sale by posting up a notice thereof in 3 public places […]
Section 433.114 – Sale of Beasts; Proceeds.
433.114 Sale of beasts; proceeds. Sec. 14. The proceeds of the sale, after paying all the said damages, costs and expenses, with the charges for advertising and selling the beasts, shall be deposited in the treasury of the township, for the use of the owner of the beasts, in case he shall substantiate his claim […]
Section 433.115 – Beasts Escaped or Rescued; Retaking.
433.115 Beasts escaped or rescued; retaking. Sec. 15. If any beasts that shall have been lawfully distrained or impounded, shall escape or be rescued, the pound keeper or person who distrained them, may, at any time within 7 days thereafter retake such beasts, and hold and dispose thereof, as if no such escape or rescue […]
Section 433.116 – Rescuing Beasts Distrained; Penalty.
433.116 Rescuing beasts distrained; penalty. Sec. 16. If any person shall rescue any beasts, distrained or impounded for any cause, he shall be liable in an action on the case, to be brought by any person injured, to pay all damages which such person shall have sustained thereby, and all the fees and charges which […]
Section 433.117 – Legality of Distress Determined in Replevin Action.
433.117 Legality of distress determined in replevin action. Sec. 17. The defendant in any action brought for rescuing beasts distrained or impounded, shall not be allowed to allege or give in evidence the insufficiency of the fences, or any other fact or circumstance to show that the distress or impounding was illegal; but if there […]