Indendi v. Workman’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “It is apparent that the. whole purpose for the legislature’s requiring fences to be constructed in a certain manner is to insure, to the extent possible, that livestock not on open range are adequately confined and are not free to roam and to cause harm to persons and property or to breed with the livestock of others. There could be no other purpose for that sort of legislation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Larson-Murphy v. Steiner

2. “to balance the tradition of the open range and the economic and geographic problems of raising livestock with the need for safer highways and the policy of taking all feasible measures to reduce the high incidence of traffic accidents and fatalities on Montana highways.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Larson-Murphy v. Steiner

3. “Any person constructing or maintaining any fence of any kind not described in 81-4-101 is liable in a civil action for all damages caused by reason of injury to stock resulting from such defective fence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Larson-Murphy v. Steiner