14Contribution towards cost of fence recoverable from owner for time being

14 Contribution towards cost of fence recoverable from owner for time being

The owner of the adjoining land to whom a notice to fence shall have been given, or, when such proportion of the cost has not been previously paid, any person who during the continuance of a boundary fence shall become the owner of such adjoining land, shall be liable for and shall pay to the person who erected the fence, or his assigns, the proportion of the value of the boundary fence as agreed upon or awarded within 3 months after a demand made upon him for the purpose by due notice.