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Country Today in Eau Claire, Wisconsin

23 Sep 1981

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Country Today

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Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1981

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3

Town Officials Settle Fence Line Dispute in Washington Township

Town chairman Kevin Piper and side board members Steve Rassbach and Chuck Edson spent Saturday mediating a long running fence line dispute between Fred Egan and Dale Myers. Myers began a four strand barbed wire fence on an 80 acre section east of Brackett, while Egan contested the line, prompting fence viewers to inspect the property per state statutes.

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Kevin Piper Steve Rassbach Chuck Edson Washington Mr. Myers Rt. 1 Strum Lawrence Kleist Mr. Egan Myers Dale Myers Fred Egan Wisconsin
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Fence viewing settles long running Washington County fence dispute

In Eau Claire county a fencing row between Mr Myers and Mr Egan ends with town fence viewers declaring Myers owns the southern 160 rod segment and ordering Egan to repair his share by December 1. The decision, recorded in town records, costs both parties about $100 and highlights written agreements over oral ones for future land transfers.

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Egan S.o.b’s John Hibbard Eau Claire Mr. Myers Mr. Egan Washington Hibbard
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Chapter 90 Fences rules on partition and repair duties

Four state statute pages outline legal duties for fence related matters including partition when land borders water, compulsory repair and cost apportionment, fences on newly enclosed land and town lines, viewer fees, neglect of duty, and creating a partition record.

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Wisconsin Fence Statutes on Electric and Woven Fences

Describes legal fence standards from Chapter 90 of the Wisconsin Statutes. Details include woven wire spacing, cross-wire distances, mesh size, post spacing, top to bottom wire limits, board gaps, fence height, ground clearance, and requirements for written agreement between neighboring landowners for electric fences.

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Eau Claire County Robert Frost Brackett Legal Beagles Terminus Piper
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