The servitude of party walls and fences is presumed, unless there is a title or exterior sign or proof to the contrary:
(1) In dividing walls of adjoining buildings, up to the point of common elevation.
(2) In dividing walls of gardens or yards, situated in a town or in rural districts.
(3) In fences, enclosures, and live hedges dividing rural tenements.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 508.