29-405. Fence not of proper height or kind; costs. If the fence viewers shall be of opinion that such fence is not of the height and sufficiency required by this act, the person calling upon them to examine the same shall pay all the costs of such view and examination, to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the said fence viewers, with costs of suit, in the district court of the county in which the defendant may reside.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 40, § 30; R.S. 1923, 29-405; L. 1977, ch. 105, § 12; July 1.