New Mexico Statutes
Article 16 - Fences
Section 77-16-14 - [Failure to close gate; liability for damages.]

That any person, or persons, who open the gate of any fence, or fences, of any person or persons, the same being private property, for the purpose of passing as aforesaid, [and] shall neglect to close the gate of any fence or fences after having opened the same, shall be subject to and responsible for the damage to the land, crop or grass of the owner, or owners, of such land, through such neglect; and such damage shall be appraised as provided by law.
History: Laws 1897, ch. 39, § 2; C.L. 1897, § 1826; Code 1915, § 2355; C.S. 1929, § 50-117; 1941 Comp., § 49-1813; 1953 Comp., § 47-17-13.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
The compilers of the 1915 Code deleted "shall close said gate, and if any person or persons so passing" which followed "aforesaid." The bracketed word "and" was added to replace the deleted words.

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