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borne, the one that undertakes to erect the fence should 

 be very careful to have the followmg points settled 

 before he does so : — First^ that the boundary stones as 

 standing shall be admitted as correct; this is highly 

 essential, as in a long boundary line some of the stones 

 are sure not to be in line, and after the fence is erected 

 the other man might refuse payment on the grounds 

 that the fence was not where it ought to be. We knew 

 a case in point, where, after the fence was erected, the 

 man not only refused payment, but by a law-suit com- 

 pelled his neighbour to take up the fence on the grounds 

 that it was a few feet out, and to again erect it in 

 terms of his contract. Second, the nature and 

 quality of the fence should be clearly defined, and 

 it should also be stated that the one half is to stand 

 immediately on one side of the beacon stones, and the 

 other half on the opposite side, each party being bound 

 to keep in repair the part that stands on his own land. 

 Third, it should be stated in the contract that any 

 sHfj;ht unintentional diver o^ence from the true line shall 

 not be disputed, and that as long as the spirit of the 

 contract has been fairly acted up to there shall be 

 no dispute. Unless these points are conceded, a man 

 had much better fence inside his boundary at his own 

 cost 



