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13-502. Legal fence.

            There was in force in this state, at the time of the occurrence in question, a certain statute which describes a legal fence as follows:

                        (Quote or paraphrase the applicable parts of the statute in question.)

            If you find from the evidence that the lands or crops of the plaintiff were enclosed within a legal fence, then you are instructed that the plaintiff had complied with the law.

 

USE NOTE

            This instruction is to be used with UJI 13-501 but only if the evidence raises a substantial issue that the damages were caused by the failure of the plaintiff to have his crops or land enclosed by a legal fence.

 You are being directed to the most recent version of the statute which may not be the version considered at the time of the judgment.