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§ 56-439 Application of §§ 56-436 through 56-438

The provisions of §§ 56-436 through 56-438 shall not apply to any railroad company which has its line of road enclosed with fences and cattle guards, as required by law.

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The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1919, as § 3997.

Code 1919, § 3997.

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Court Decisions

Roseborough v. Commonwealth (COA, 02/24/09)
. . . HUMPHREYS, J., . . .
Roseborough v. Commonwealth (COA, 02/16/10)
. . . HUMPHREYS, J., with whom FELTON, C.J., ELDER, FRANK and PETTY, JJ., . . .
. . . Kepa, Inc., d/b/a She-Sha Café and Hookah Lounge v. . . . (COA, 05/07/13)
. . . CHAFIN, Judge. . . .
Yap v. Commonwealth (COA, 04/24/07)
. . . 643 S.E.2d 523 (2007) . . .
Ainslie v. Inman (SCV, 02/28/03)
. . . 577 S.E.2d 246 (2003) . . .
Helvering v. Edison Securities Corporation (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 06/03/35)
. . . 78 F.2d 85 (1935) . . .

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