§ 44-8-204 — Pay for fence

If the parties cannot agree as to the amount to be paid to the owner erecting or repairing a partition fence as provided in §§ 44-8-202 and 44-8-206 , on application by either to a judge of the court of general sessions, the judge shall issue an order to three (3) disinterested freeholders, not related to either of the parties, to examine such fence, and to ascertain the amount to be paid to the owner erecting or repairing it.

Legislative History

Code 1858, § 1688; Shan., § 3002; mod. Code 1932, § 5221; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 44-1720; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 2; T.C.A., § 44-9-204.