Section 43-24-3 – Owners of adjoining land–Liability for expenses of erecting and maintaining local option partition fence.

43-24-3. Owners of adjoining land–Liability for expenses of erecting and maintaining local option partition fence.

Every owner of land is bound to bear one-half of the expense of erecting and maintaining partition fences between his own and adjoining lands.

Source: SL 1917, ch 237, §1; RC 1919, §10535; SDC 1939, §19.0204.