Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 54-305

Current with changes through the 2024 First Special Legislative Session
Section 54-305 - Cattle drover; duty to prevent trespassing animals

Any person owning or having charge of any drove of cattle, horses or sheep, numbering one head or more, who shall drive the same into or through any county of Nebraska of which the owner is not a resident, or landowner, or stock grower, and when the land in said county is occupied, it shall be the duty of such owner or person in charge of such horses, cattle or sheep to prevent the same from mixing with the cattle, horses or sheep belonging to the occupiers. The owner shall also prevent the drove from trespassing on such land as may be the property of the actual occupier, or may be held by him under a preemption, or a leasehold right, and used by him for the grazing of animals, growing hay or timber, or other agricultural purposes, or doing injury to the ditches made for irrigation of crops.

Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 54-305

Laws 1879, § 5, p. 68; R.S.1913, § 100; C.S.1922, § 108; C.S.1929, § 54-305; R.S.1943, § 54-305.