2006 Ohio Revised Code - 971.22. Damage by trespassing animals.

§ 971.22. Damage by trespassing animals.
 

If a horse, mule, ass, hog, sheep, goat, or any neat cattle, injures or trespasses upon land or an enclosure bounded by a partition fence, in consequence of the failure or neglect of a person to keep up and maintain in good repair his share of such fence, such person failing or neglecting shall pay to the person injured the damages sustained thereby, to be assessed, under oath, by three judicious, disinterested men, residents of the county, appointed by a judge of a county court or a judge of a municipal court having jurisdiction in the township in which the premises are situated. If such damages are not paid after demand therefor, the amount thereof may be recovered in an action with cost of suit. 
 

HISTORY: RS § 4250; S&C 650; 38 v 4, § 5; GC § 5929; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53; 129 v 582 (663). Eff 1-10-61.