44-8-402 - Lien for damages.
44-8-402. Lien for damages.
For any damages occasioned by stock running at large in violation of § 44-8-401, the person so damaged shall have a lien upon the stock, which lien shall be enforced by attachment before a judge of the court of general sessions in the same manner and to the same extent as other liens are enforced.
[Acts 1947, ch. 52, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 5087.2 (Williams, § 5077.2); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 44-1402; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 2; T.C.A., § 44-8-102.]