- Penalty - Civil liability. If any person, by force or otherwise, without leave of the person having the stock under distraint remove the stock from such distraint, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall pay a fine of not less than ten (10) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten (10) nor more than thirty (30) days, and shall in addition thereto, be liable in a civil action for the recovery of the stock so
relieved from distraint, or for damages and costs, as the party distraining may elect. R.L. 1910, § 150.