Every planter shall make and keep a sufficient fence, of ordinarily sound and substantial material, around the planter's land in cultivation, and so close, for at least two and one-half feet (2½') from the surface of the earth, as to prevent hogs large enough to do damage from passing through the fence.
Code 1858, § 1682 (deriv. Acts 1807, ch. 8, § 1); Acts 1877, ch. 35, §§ 2, 3; Shan., § 2979; Code 1932, § 5202; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 44-1701, 44-9-101.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry
Chapter 8 - Fences and Confinement
§ 44-8-101. Land in Cultivation Sufficiently Fenced
§ 44-8-102. Various Materials Constituting Sufficient Fencing — Rules
§ 44-8-103. Horses, Cattle, and Mules Sufficiently Fenced
§ 44-8-104. Paling and Wire Fence Lawful
§ 44-8-105. Three-Wire, Plank, or Slat Fence a Lawful Fence
§ 44-8-107. Defense of Insufficiency of Fence
§ 44-8-109. Notoriously Mischievous Stock to Be Confined
§ 44-8-110. Liability of Owners of Notoriously Mischievous Stock
§ 44-8-112. Pulling and Leaving Down Fence, or Opening and Leaving Open Gate, a Misdemeanor