Sec. 5. (a) After the hearing of the cause under this chapter, the court or jury trying the cause shall give judgment for the plaintiff or plaintiffs for the value of the animal or animals killed or the injury done, without regard to the question whether the killing or injury was the result of willful misconduct, negligence, or unavoidable accident.

     (b) If the cause is commenced in the county specified under section 2 of this chapter, the court shall, on motion of the plaintiff or plaintiffs, on the rendition of the judgment, or afterward, at any time, after notice is served on the railroad company defendant, order a writ to issue, directed to the sheriff of the proper county, for any agent, conductor, or employee of the railroad company or the lessee, a receiver, or an assignee of the company, named in the motion, to appear and answer upon oath as to:

(1) the amount of money in their hands, if any, belonging to the company or the assignee, lessee, or receiver; and

(2) the probable amount of money receivable by the agent, conductor, or employee belonging to the railroad company, lessee, assignee, or receivers.

     (c) If an agent, a conductor, or an employee ordered to appear under subsection (b) answers that the agent, conductor, or employee has any money, or is in constant receipt of money as agent, conductor, or employee, the court shall order the agent, conductor, or employee to pay into the clerk‘s office of the court, at the times named by the court, the portions of the money held or received, not exceeding one-half (1/2) the amount held or received, as may be determined just by the court, until the judgment and costs are fully paid and satisfied.

Formerly: Acts 1863, c.25, s.5. As amended by P.L.1-1990, SEC.121.