[SJSAMPLE]

Is that a local law?
Because in Texas, and a few other states, you do.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

It went to the US Supreme Court from Iowa in the 1960s.
Briefly, Briney owned an old house on his farm near Eddyville, IA that Katko had broen into several times.
Briney set up a shotgun to go off when the front door was kicked in.
Katko broke in and was nailed. He sued and the Supreme Court upheld Katko’s suit for damages and awarded him Briney's farm.