Section 475:1 – “Owner” Defined.
475:1 "Owner" Defined. – The actual occupant of land shall be deemed the owner thereof for any purposes of this chapter. Source. RS 136:18. CS 142:18. GS 128:19. GL 142:19. PS 142:16. PL 219:16. RL 269:16.
Section 475:2 – Notice.
475:2 Notice. – The mayor and aldermen of any city or the selectmen of any town may require the owner or user of any canal or waterway within such city or town deemed by them to be dangerous to travelers upon any highway, or to children of tender age, to fence the same. Source. […]
Section 475:3 – Neglect.
475:3 Neglect. – If the owner or user does not fence the same within 60 days after receiving notice in writing of such requirement, the mayor and aldermen or selectmen shall cause the same to be fenced, and may collect the expense of so doing from the owner or user in an action of […]
Section 473:16 – Who Deemed Owner.
473:16 Who Deemed Owner. – The actual occupant of land shall be deemed the owner thereof for any of the purposes of this chapter. Source. RS 136:18. CS 142:18. GS 128:19. GL 142:19. PS 143:16. PL 219:16. RL 269:16.
Section 473:17 – Application.
473:17 Application. – Every application to the fence-viewers shall be in writing, and one application may embrace so many subjects as from the nature of the case may be acted upon at one meeting. Source. RS 136:15. CS 142:15. GS 128:16. GL 142:16. PS 143:17. PL 219:17. RL 269:17.
Section 473:18 – Notice; Hearing.
473:18 Notice; Hearing. – The fence-viewers shall give notice in writing to the other party interested therein of every application, and of the time and place for considering the same; shall hear the parties, if they attend, and their evidence; and shall make their decision in writing and cause a copy thereof to be […]
Section 473:19 – Decision Conclusive.
473:19 Decision Conclusive. – The decision of the fence-viewers, upon their being sworn that they have acted impartially, uprightly and to the best of their judgment, shall be final and conclusive upon the parties. Source. RS 136:16. CS 142:16. GS 128:17. GL 142:17. PS 143:19. PL 219:19. RL 269:19.
Section 473:20 – Jurisdiction.
473:20 Jurisdiction. – If the fence in controversy is situate on the line of 2 towns, the application shall be made to the fence-viewers of the town in which the parties reside; if they reside in different towns, it shall be made to the fence-viewers of that town in which the applicant does not […]
Section 473:11 – Improving Wild Land.
473:11 Improving Wild Land. – The owner of improved land adjoining unimproved land of another, having erected a division fence, may demand and recover of the owner of such adjoining land, whenever he begins to improve the same, the value of such part of the fence as upon a division then or previously made […]
Section 473:12 – New Division.
473:12 New Division. – If after a division of fence made or established between adjoining owners a new division for any cause shall become necessary, then either party who has maintained any part of the fence under the former division may demand and recover of the owner of the adjoining land at the time […]