Where any quadruped, while under the control of its owner, causes any
damage, the owner shall either surrender said animal to the party who
sustained the injury, or shall make such other amends as shall be
ordered by the judge.
=ANCIENT LAW.=
=XIII. Where an Animal is Injured, or Killed, by a Blow.=
Where anyone strikes a beast of burden belonging to another, so that,
by reason of the blow, said animal is either crippled or killed, he who
struck the blow shall be compelled to give to the owner of said animal
another of equal value, and shall be entitled to the animal that was
injured. If said person should not have a beast of burden wherewith to
make restitution, as aforesaid, he shall pay the appraised value of the
animal to the owner thereof. A similar rule shall apply to horses and
to all other animals.
=ANCIENT LAW.=
=XIV. Where Cattle Belonging to Another, with or without the Knowledge
of the Owner, are Mingled with the Herd or Flock of the Latter.=
If any cattle belonging to one person should be mingled with those of
another, and the owner of the latter should be aware of the fact; and
said cattle should leave, of their own accord, without his knowledge;
the owner of the strayed cattle shall take the oath of the other party,
that they were not removed through any guilty design, or fraud on
his part; and that he has not appropriated them for his own use, or
transferred them to anyone; and, under such circumstances, he shall
incur no liability. If, however, he should drive said cattle to his
house, and should not inform the judge, or give public notice of the
fact, within eight days, he shall pay double the value of said cattle,
by way of satisfaction.
=XV. Where Anything Intended to Frighten an Animal is Fastened to it,
and it should be either Injured, or Killed, in Consequence.=
Any person who should be known to have attached to a horse’s tail, the
head or bones of a dead animal, or anything else by which it might be
frightened, and, in consequence, the horse, while running, should be
injured, or killed; said person shall be compelled to immediately give
to the owner a sound animal, on account of his transgression of the
law. Where, however, the horse sustains no injury, the offender shall
receive fifty lashes, and, if he be a slave, he shall receive a hundred
lashes with the scourge.
=ANCIENT LAW.=
=XVI. Where a Vicious Animal, while on the Premises of its Owner, Kills
Anyone.=
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