29-305. Failure to erect or maintain assigned part; recovery of cost and attorney's fee. If a party neglect or refuse to erect or maintain the part of the fence assigned him by the fence viewers, it may be erected and maintained by the aggrieved party in the manner before provided, and he shall be entitled to recover the ascertained cost thereof, with interest at the rate of one percent per month and a reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed and allowed by the court, by action in any court of competent jurisdiction; and the amount recovered, with costs, shall be a lien against the land chargeable with the same.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 40, § 12; L. 1901, ch. 218, § 1; R.S. 1923, 29-305; L. 1949, ch. 270, § 4; July 1.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
"Recovery of Attorney Fees in Kansas," Mark A. Furney, 18 W.L.J. 535, 538, 558 (1979).
"Recovery of Attorney Fees—An Historical Perspective," Ron Leslie, 53 J.K.B.A. 154 (1984).
"Kansas Fence Laws and Trespassing Livestock," Sam Brownback, 56 J.K.B.A., No. 3, 15, 18 (1986).
Attorney General's Opinions:
Enclosure of domestic animals. 87-28.
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