A person shall not keep a stallion or jack nearer than one hundred yards to a church, or in public view in an inclosure bordering on a public highway, or nearer thereto, than one hundred yards; nor shall any person stand such animals in open view of any public place, or negligently keep such animal or suffer it to run at large. Any such offender, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars, and shall be liable for all damages done by such animals so kept or running at large.Codes, 1892, § 1220; 1906, § 1296; Hemingway's 1917, § 1029; 1930, § 1060; 1942, § 2292.
Mississippi Legal Code