Liability for Cattle Losses Lease v Agistment
Joe Hawbaker ( 2008 )
Summary
A landowner’s potential liability for dead and underweight cattle depends in the first instance whether his agreement with the owner of the livestock was a real property lease or a contract of agistment. If it’s a lease, then the landowner likely is not liable for the cattle owner’s losses. However, if it’s a contract of agistment, then the relationship between the parties is a bailment, with the landowner obligated to tend to the cattle as an ordinarily prudent man would take care of his own animals under like circumstances.
Details
| Publisher | Legal Aid of Nebraska Farm & Ranch Project |
| Publication Date | 2008 |
| Publication Views | 1050 |
| Material Type | Written Material |