Partition fences, within the meaning of this part, are fences erected on the line between lands owned by different persons; but no owner of land is compelled to allow a neighbor to join a fence exclusively on that person's own land.Code 1858, § 1691; Shan., § 2998; Code 1932, § 5213; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 44-1712, 44-9-201.
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