Belork v. Latimer: Court of Appeals Upholds Farm Partition Fence Law

Belork v. Latimer: Court of Appeals Upholds Farm Partition Fence Law

Historically, if two rural landowners wanted to build a fence between their properties (a “partition fence”), they would meet in the middle of their proposed fence row, and while looking at each other, each agree to build to their right.  This century-old statute, known as the “Partition Fence Law,” was a way to distribute the cost of partition fences equally between landowners.  Recently, this law was challenged in the Indiana Court of Appeals.

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