CODE OF VIRGINIA

RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN (§ 56-464)

If the company and such owner cannot agree on the terms of such contract, the
company may acquire such right-of-way in the manner provided by the laws of this
Commonwealth for the exercise of the right of eminent domain. The title which
may be acquired by a telegraph or telephone company under this section shall be
only to a right-of-way for the purpose stated in § 56-463; and no right-of-way
acquired by any such company under this or the preceding sections of this
chapter shall be to the exclusion of other like companies from having or
acquiring a like right-of-way over the same lands.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 4040.