2005 Vermont Code - § 3809. — Sudden destruction of fence; repairs; damages

§ 3809. Sudden destruction of fence; repairs; damages

When a division fence is suddenly damaged or destroyed by fire, winds or floods, a person who ought to repair the same shall do so within ten days after being thereto requested by a person interested therein, and shall pay the damages done to the opposite party by animals straying from his occupied lands to those of the other party during the time the fence is out of repair. If he does not make or repair his portion of the fence within ten days after such request, the party sustaining damage thereby may make or repair the same at the expense of the person neglecting so to do, and may recover the same in an action of contract on this statute.