If any person shall cut down, deaden, destroy or take away any tree without the consent of the owner of such tree, such person shall pay to the owner of such tree a sum equal to double the fair market value of the tree cut down, deadened, destroyed or taken away, together with the reasonable […]
Every person who, without the consent of the owner or person in charge, shall loosen or take away any boat or water craft, shall pay to the owner thereof Twenty Dollars ($20.00), over and above the expenses for bringing back such boat or water craft.
If a corporation or the agent or employee of a corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered to any other corporation or its agent or employee for transportation, or shall receive for such purpose, or shall remove or secrete, without the consent of the owner or of his agent, any bag or sack commonly […]
If any person shall box for turpentine, or shall cut or cause to be cut a box or boxes in a pine tree on land not his own, without consent of the owner of the land or tree, he shall pay to the owner thereof Five Dollars ($5.00) for each pine tree so boxed or […]
The owner, or the immediate family, employee or agent of the owner, of any poultry or livestock, including cattle, horses, mules, jacks, jennets, sheep, goats and hogs, may kill any dog in the act of chasing or killing any such poultry or livestock, and any such person shall not be liable therefor to the owner […]
If any dog shall kill or injure any poultry or any livestock, including cattle, horses, mules, jacks, jennets, sheep, goats and hogs, the owner of the dog shall pay to the owner of such poultry or livestock any loss suffered as a result of such injury and the value of the poultry or livestock killed […]
If any person shall put down any fence or bars, or open any gate, not his own, and leave the same down or open, without the permission of the owner, or shall in any manner injure or deface any bridge, building, or other structure not his own, he shall pay to the owner Twenty Dollars […]
If any person shall set on fire any lands of another, or shall wantonly, negligently, or carelessly allow any fire to get into the lands of another, he shall be liable to the person injured thereby, not only for the injury to or destruction of buildings, fences, and the like, but for the burning and […]
All the provisions of this chapter giving a penalty for cutting down, deadening, girdling, boxing, destroying, or taking away trees of any kind, herein mentioned, and regulating the remedy for enforcing the same, shall apply when the injury is committed on land belonging to the state, or which is held by the state in trust […]
An action for the remedies and penalties provided by Section 95-5-10 may be prosecuted in any court of competent jurisdiction within twenty-four (24) months from the time the injury was committed and not after. All other actions for any specific penalty given by this chapter may be prosecuted in any court of competent jurisdiction within […]
For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: “Possessor of real property” means any person with a fee, reversionary, or easement interest in real property, including an owner, lessee, or other lawful occupant. “Trespasser” means a person who enters upon the property of another without permission and without an […]
