A fence that had been treated as a property boundary since 1967 has been upheld as the dividing line between two Arkansas properties, after a dispute over trees and fencing reached the state Court of Appeals. The ruling in Floyd v. Bowlin-Lemon, reported by Justia, Leagle and Case Law Wire, affirmed the Bowlins’ boundary claim, a $12,000 treble-damages award and an order requiring the neighbouring owners to rebuild the fence. The case involved adjoining properties in Crawford County and centred on a fence line that the Bowlin family had treated as its southern boundary for decades. According to the Arkansas Court of Appeals, Joy Bowlin-Lemon’s family acquired the property in 1967. The family was shown the existing fence lines when it purchased the land and subsequently used those fences as practical boundaries. The property was used for livestock, including cattle and horses, while the family also maintained the land up to the fence by brush hogging and cutting hay.
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