# Tenn. Code Ann. § 44-8-108: Injury to animals

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T44_C8_S44-8-108

## Section

- **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 44-8-108
- **Heading:** Injury to animals
- **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TN Code / Title 44 / Chapter 8 / Section 44-8-108

## Text

If any person, whose fence is adjudged insufficient, maims, wounds, or kills any such animal, or causes or procures it to be done, that person shall make full satisfaction to the person injured for all damages sustained, to be recovered before any tribunal having cognizance thereof. Code 1858, § 1686 (deriv. Acts 1807, ch. 8, § 3); Shan., § 2987; Code 1932, § 5209; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 44-1708, 44-9-108.
If any person, whose fence is adjudged insufficient, maims, wounds, or kills any such animal, or causes or procures it to be done, that person shall make full satisfaction to the person injured for all damages sustained, to be recovered before any tribunal having cognizance thereof.
Code 1858, § 1686 (deriv. Acts 1807, ch. 8, § 3); Shan., § 2987; Code 1932, § 5209; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 44-1708, 44-9-108.

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