Ark. Code Ann. § 23-12-909

Any person owning in his or her own right or having a special ownership in any horses, mules, cattle, or other stock killed or wounded by any railroad trains running in this state may sue the company running the trains for the damages sustained by the killing or wounding in any court having jurisdiction of the amount of damages in the county where the killing or wounding occurred, at any time within twelve (12) months after the killing or wounding occurred, and recover such damages as the court or jury trying the case may assess.