Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-51

Repair of division fence.

Year: 2026Length: 140 wordsOfficial source
Defendant's obligation to keep fence in repair must be averred. 15 C. 532. Fence viewers are the sole judges as to sufficiency of fence. 24 C. 277. Fence viewers are not judicial officers. Id.; 28 C. 604. Unnecessary to set forth in notice the particular defects; what notice is sufficient. 24 C. 277; 29 C. 421; Id., 431. Not necessary that notice should be given delinquent party of the time of meeting to estimate value of repairs. 28 C. 605; 101 C. 289. The 15 days given to repair run from time of serving notice; to what extent complainant, on neglect of the owner, may repair. 29 C. 431. Selectmen's order is void if fence is not a divisional fence; question may be raised for first time in Superior Court. 101 C. 288. Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 196, 199.
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