Land in cultivation sufficiently fenced

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TN Code › Title 44 › Chapter 8 › Section 44-8-101

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Every planter shall make and keep a sufficient fence, of ordinarily sound and substantial material, around the planter's land in cultivation, and so close, for at least two and one-half feet (21/2') from the surface of the earth, as to prevent hogs large enough to do damage from passing through the fence. Code 1858, § 1682 (deriv. Acts 1807, ch. 8, § 1); Acts 1877, ch. 35, §§ 2, 3; Shan., § 2979; Code 1932, § 5202; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 44-1701, 44-9-101.

Every planter shall make and keep a sufficient fence, of ordinarily sound and substantial material, around the planter's land in cultivation, and so close, for at least two and one-half feet (21/2') from the surface of the earth, as to prevent hogs large enough to do damage from passing through the fence.

Code 1858, § 1682 (deriv. Acts 1807, ch. 8, § 1); Acts 1877, ch. 35, §§ 2, 3; Shan., § 2979; Code 1932, § 5202; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 44-1701, 44-9-101.

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