Follow up on loose horse liability TN law

blue_tractor_man · Jan 20, 2018

Ok, I did some research about loose horses In Tennesser,basically, common law applies. The owner has a responsibility to keep his farm animals up, and anyone coming in contact with a farm animal has a responsibility to avoid being harmed by them. The common law says that once you know that the farm animal is loose, you have to put them back up in a reasonable amount of time. BUT, if the animals "notoriously" get loose, then you are liable immediately. TN also has a barbed wire fence standard if you have that.
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MarkB_MI · Jan 20, 2018

OK, that tells you that Tennessee is not an "open range" state. But it still doesn't answer your original question, since negligence is something that has to be proved in court.

If I was the owner of the horse, I certainly wouldn't want this to go to court. This is why you buy insurance.

hd6gtom · Jan 20, 2018

Mark you are right here in Iowa. One of the first things they taught us when I became a township trustee. Your animals get out you are responsible unless you have a neighbor that doesn't keep up his fences. If they get out on his half of a non repaired fence it is his problem. Iowa has fence laws that are very clear. I wish the realtors would explain them to these people buying an acreage, would prevent a lot of problems.

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