§ 156-15. Amount of contribution for repair ascertained. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 156‑15.  Amountof contribution for repair ascertained.

Whenever there shall be a dam, canal, or ditch, in the repairing andkeeping up of which two or more persons shall be interested and receive actualbenefit therefrom, and the duties and proportion of labor which each one oughtto do and perform therefor shall not be fixed by agreement or by the modealready in this Subchapter provided for assessing and apportioning such labor,any of  the parties may have the same assessed and apportioned by applying to a magistrate, who shall give all parties at least three days' notice, and shallsummon two disinterested freeholders who, together with the magistrate, shallmeet on the premises and assess the damages sustained by the applicant,whereupon the magistrate shall enter judgment in favor of the applicant fordamages or for work done on such ditch or lands. (R.C., c. 40, s. 14; Code, s. 1310; 1889, c. 101;Rev., s. 3995; C.S., s. 5274; 1973, c. 108, s. 95.)