American Agriculturist, February 2, 1924 
Service Bureau 
The Old, Old Line Fence Difficulty 
“I am writing to you for information od line fences, for 
[be neighbors are disputing about building fences. Please 
state whether you have to build whether you use the field 
or not; also what a bou t the kind of fencing you must use? ” 
^C, R. EL, Pennsylvania. 
T here is no law in Pennsylvania re¬ 
quiring the building of a fence where 
none existed before. The Pennsylvania 
Act seems to deal mostly with partition 
fences. It reads as follows: 
“When any two persons shall improve 
lands adjacent to each other, or where any 
person shall enclose any land adjoining 
to another’s land already fenced in, so 
that any part of the first person’s fence 
becomes the partition fence between 
them, in both these cases the charges of 
such division fence, so far as is enclosed on 
both sides, shall be equally borne and 
maintained by both parties.” 
There is no provision compelling one 
person to build a new fence (where there 
was none before) for the benefit of another 
person. If, however, one person encloses 
his land with a fence, and later the adjoin¬ 
ing owner encloses his land and uses one 
side of the first owner’s fence, if that fence 
was built on the division line, then the 
second owner can be compelled to share 
his portion of its cost. The fence-viewers 
tomer and in the majority of complaints 
there is simply a misunderstanding or 
clerical error. However, the help of the 
Service Bureau in locating information 
and correcting records is always avail¬ 
able and we have the pleasure of forward¬ 
ing many refund checks to settle transac¬ 
tions which might otherwise have become 
hopelessly entangled. 
An eastern department store was in¬ 
duced by the Service Bureau to investi¬ 
gate its files. Result, a reversal of their 
previous decision that merchandise had 
not been returned, and a check for $17.85, 
payable to our subscriber, Mrs. L. B. M., 
of West Virginia. 
A large mail order house received an 
order from Mrs. E. J. M., Pennsylvania, 
and shipped it parcel post insured. Mrs. 
M. never received her merchandise and 
complained to us. The company im¬ 
mediately sent her their check for $15.98, 
before receiving their own indemnity for 
the loss from the post office. “We are 
pleased that you have given us an oppor¬ 
tunity to adjust matters satisfactorily,” 
they wrote us. 
A western house, which believed that 
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Claim Examiner 
T HIS is a photograph of the check received by the widow of one of our subscribers 
who invested only last year in an AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST accident 
insurance' policy. Mr. Bush was killed recently, and immediately upon the filing of 
the claim, Mrs. Bush received her check without delay or formality. 
In another case, a check was forwarded with the result that the following letter 
came to us: “I received the draft for $250 in full payment of the claim coveri -g my 
husband’s death, in accordance with part of the policy written by the North American 
Accident Insurance Company. If you wish you may publish the acknowledgment of 
this draft as there were many who doubted this company. I know the AMERICAN 
AGRICULTURIST would not allow an irresponsible company to advertise in their 
magazine.—Mrs. Emma Murry, Reynoldsville, Pa.” 
of your county are the proper persons to 
consult as to the collection of such cost. 
However, Palmer vs. Silverthorn, 32 
Pa. 65, held that the owners of adjacent 
unimproved lands cannot call upon each 
other to contribute to the charge of a divi¬ 
sion fence between them. 
Now, as to the kind of fence. The Legis¬ 
lature has made no specific provision 
therefor. But the Court, in Milligan vs. 
Wehinger, 68 . Pa. 235, held that a cattle 
owner must keep his cattle fenced in, for 
otherwise he is answerable in damages for 
the trespass of his cattle. And the Court, 
in Erdman vs. Gottshall, 9 Pa. Super. Ct. 
29.5, held that whether the fence was 
sufficient is a question for the jury. 
Hence, if you wish to pasture hogs, in 
order to protect yourself from an action 
for trespass, you must pasture them in 
a field where they cannot escape through 
the openings, and the fence need not be 
any specific material.- 
One last point: If there be in fact 
a partition fence, the duty of contribu¬ 
tion to maintain it exists on the part of 
each owner. So held in Stephens vs. 
Shriver 25, Pa. 78 (A. A. Legal Advisor.) 
mail-order difficulties 
T this time of year, when clothing and 
home supplies are bought largely by 
mail, the Service Bureau always has com¬ 
plaints against mail order houses to 
adjust. The larger and better established 
firms of this sort make it a point to adjust 
any case to the satisfaction of the cus- 
a local post office, did not send a refund 
or a duplicate order. The American 
Agriculturist asked the subscriber to 
file an affidavit, which was done. The 
firm immediately sent a check for $13.59, 
including 25c to pay the notary fee for 
the affidavit. 
“We are very proud to say that we 
received check from-Co. Thank you 
ever so much for service rendered,” wrote 
J. F. P., of Pennsylvania, when he re¬ 
ceived a refund check of $19.45 for a bat¬ 
tery which did not work. At first the 
firm thought they had never sold that 
make of battery, but upon investigation 
it was found in their catalogue and they 
quickly refunded the purchase price. 
A SPEED RECORD 
OMETLMES it is the smallest check 
which is the hardest to collect while 
a big one comes more easily. Last week 
we collected $50 for a subscriber simply 
by stating his case to the firm from which 
he had bought baby chicks in the spring 
of 1923. 
So many died either in transit or after 
arriving, that Mr. E. E. T., of New York, 
thought he was entitled to a refund. The 
firm offered more chicks but he had 
bought others and preferred a cash settle¬ 
ment. 
As soon as we laid the case before the 
firm, they sent a $50 check, the amount 
Mr. T. thought due him. We acknowl¬ 
edged receipt of Mr.T.’s letter on January 
10 and sent him a check on January 19. 
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AGRICULTURIST 
Y OU can earn $40 to $60 a 
week taking new and re¬ 
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ican Agriculturist. Some of 
our Regular Salesmen make 
from $75 to $100 every week. 
Experience is not necessary. 
If you believe the American 
Agriculturist is the best 
farm paper in your State and 
can tell folks what you believe, 
you will succeed. 
Farmers who can get away 
and young men who have 
worked on farms are desired. 
Men with experience in selling 
will be given positions of 
considerable responsibility as 
district managers as soon as 
they show us their ability. 
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farm and selling experience, 
whether you can put in all 
your time, or only part time, 
and whether you have a car 
or horse and rig. 
Write 
E. C. Weatherby 
Circulation Manager 
ITHACA, N. Y. 
