VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 29.000
Owner’s Duty: Cattle, Horses, and Other Domesticated Livestock
The owner of a [cow; horse; (name of other domesticated livestock)] has a duty to use ordinary
care to keep it from [straying onto a public highway; breaking into an area enclosed by a lawful fence].
If the owner fails to perform this duty, then he is negligent.
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Civil, Release 26, April 2026. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- civ-2026-04-01
- Content hash
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