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title: O.C.G.A. § 4-1-4. Presumption as to livestock killed or injured by poisons.
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# O.C.G.A. § 4-1-4. Presumption as to livestock killed or injured by poisons.

If livestock is killed or injured by poisoned crops or other poison on the property, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the poisoning was done by the person in possession and charge of the property.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 1403; Code 1868, § 1460; Code 1873, § 1447; Code 1882, § 1447; Civil Code 1895, § 1768; Civil Code 1910, § 2027; Code 1933, § 62-803.