29-408 Taking trespassing animals into possession.
29-408. Taking trespassing animals into possession. If any of the animals mentioned in this act* break free of their lawful enclosure, and trespass on land owned by another person, the owner or occupant of the land may take into possession such animal trespassing, and keep the same until damages, with reasonable charges for feeding and […]
29-409 Cruelty to domestic animals; damages.
29-409. Cruelty to domestic animals; damages. If any person or corporation shall hurt, wound, kill, lame or destroy, or cause to be hurt, wounded, killed, lamed or destroyed, by running over or against, shooting, worrying with dogs, or otherwise, any of the animals mentioned in this act*, when such animals are upon premises which are […]
29-316 Fence may be built on partition line; removal.
29-316. Fence may be built on partition line; removal. A person building a fence may lay the same upon the line between his own land and the land adjacent, so that the fence may be partly on one side of such line and partly on the other; and the owner shall have the same right […]
29-317 Partition fence wholly on one side of line.
29-317. Partition fence wholly on one side of line. The foregoing provisions concerning partition fences shall apply to fences standing wholly upon one side of the division line, and used as a partition fence. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 40, § 24; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 29-317.
29-318 Fence on line between townships where hogs prohibited from running at large in one and not the other; damages.
29-318. Fence on line between townships where hogs prohibited from running at large in one and not the other; damages. In all cases where fences are built upon township lines, between townships in one of which hogs are prohibited from running at large and in the other of which they are not prohibited from running […]
29-319 Making partition fence hog-tight.
29-319. Making partition fence hog-tight. Whenever any owner of land enclosed in part by a partition fence desires to make hog-tight any part of the fence enclosing his premises, constructed or maintained by the owner of the adjoining land, he may attach to such partition fence, in a secure and workmanlike manner, woven wire at […]
29-401 Liability for neglect to maintain or repair portion of partition fences.
29-401. Liability for neglect to maintain or repair portion of partition fences. If any person liable to contribute to the erection of a partition fence shall neglect or refuse to make and maintain his proportion of such fence, or shall permit the same to be out of repair, he shall not be allowed to have […]
29-402 Domestic animals breaking into enclosure.
29-402. Domestic animals breaking into enclosure. If any horse, mule or ass, or any neat cattle, hogs or sheep, or other domestic animals, shall break into any enclosure, and the owner or occupant thereof shall consider himself aggrieved thereby, such person may apply to the fence viewers of the township in which such enclosure may […]
29-403 Assessment of damages by fence viewers.
29-403. Assessment of damages by fence viewers. If in the opinion of said fence viewers such fence is a good and sufficient fence, according to the provisions of this act, they shall proceed, upon view and inquiry, to assess the damages sustained by such applicant from such trespassing animal or animals; which assessment, including the […]
29-404 Recovery by civil action of damages assessed; attorney’s fee.
29-404. Recovery by civil action of damages assessed; attorney’s fee. If any party against whom damages shall be assessed by the fence viewers under the provisions of this act shall fail or refuse to pay the damages so assessed, after the same shall have been demanded, and after receiving a copy of such assessment made […]