Every gardener, farmer, planter or other person having lands or crops that would be injured by trespassing animals, shall make a sufficient fence about his land in cultivation, or other lands that may be so injured, the same to correspond with the requirements of the laws of this state prescribing and defining a legal fence.
§ 77-16-1 NMSA 1978
[Necessity for fence.]
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 27 Fed. Cl. 628 - Poorbaugh v. United States (1993)
Most recently applied in 27 Fed. Cl. 628 - Poorbaugh v. United States (February 1993)
Laws 1909, ch. 70, § 1; Code 1915, § 2340; C.S. 1929, § 50-101; 1941 Comp., § 49-1801; 1953 Comp., § 47-17-1.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.