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Animals on other people’s ground

Oxen, pigs, dogs and a tame wolf, and who answered for the harm they did.

• The Dog on the Neighbour’s LandA dog fouls a neighbour’s field. What does its owner owe?
• The Rooting PigsA neighbour’s pigs tear up your field. How does the law decide when you can graze it again?
• The Gap in the FenceA neighbour’s oxen break through a poor fence and eat your barley. Can you claim?
• The Pet WolfA tame wolf, deer or heron strays onto a neighbour’s land and does harm. Who answers?

Cases are listed in the order of the book. Each case page says where it comes from.