If any person, being requested to do so, will not contribute his proper share of the work and furnish the requisite materials suitable for a party fence, or pay the value of his share, the person desiring to build the fence may erect or construct the whole of it, of a proper and suitable kind, being a lawful fence, and may thereafter apply, in writing, to a justice of the peace, who shall appoint three (3) impartial freeholders of the neighborhood to view the fence and determine what amount should be paid by the person who has failed to contribute.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 89 - Real and Personal Property
§ 89-13-1. Adjoining owners to contribute
§ 89-13-3. Enforcement of contribution
§ 89-13-5. Enforcement of contribution; notice and proceedings
§ 89-13-7. Enforcement of contribution; action for amount assessed
§ 89-13-9. Enforcement of contribution; costs
§ 89-13-11. Contribution where fence already built
§ 89-13-13. Contribution to keep fence in repair
§ 89-13-15. Ownership of party fence; fence not to be removed
§ 89-13-17. Departure from line
§ 89-13-19. Removal and abandonment of party fence
§ 89-13-21. Sale of land; lessee or owner to contribute
§ 89-13-23. Fence removed if not paid for, and adopted by paying proportion of value