In an action for damages against a person for killing or injuring a dog, satisfactory proof that the dog had been or was killing or worrying livestock constitutes a good defense to such action.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 44-17-203
No damages recoverable for killing or injuring such dog
Acts 1859-1860, ch. 45, § 3; Shan., § 2873; Code 1932, § 5107; Acts 1949, ch. 262, § 1; C
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