CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN DISTRESS NOT UNLAWFUL BECAUSE OF IRREGULARITY, ETC (§ 55-236)

When distress shall be made for rent justly due and any irregularity or unlawful
act shall be afterwards done by the party distraining, or his agent, the
distress itself shall not be deemed to be unlawful, nor the party making it be
therefore deemed a trespasser ab initio. The party aggrieved by such
irregularity or unlawful act may, by action, recover full satisfaction for the
special damage he shall have sustained thereby.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5527.