If the beast so taken up dies, the owner thereof shall be liable to pay to the person who took it up a reasonable compensation for the costs and expenses of keeping and other proceedings relating to such beast, unless its death was occasioned by the carelessness or negligence of such person.
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 27, § 1110
Liability of owner upon death of beast
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