29-315. Owner defined; notice; liability to tenant or occupant. The word "owner," under the provisions of this act, shall be held to include and apply to the occupant or tenant, when the owner does not reside within the county; and no proceedings under this act shall bind the owner, unless he shall be notified; but he shall be liable to the occupant or tenant for the cost and expense of erecting and maintaining, under the provisions of this chapter, any partition fence upon the line of his land, unless there in a special agreement to the contrary.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 40, § 22; October 31; R.S. 1923, 29-315.