Chap. 307.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2042 of the Code
of 1887, in relation to trespass by cattle, &c.

Approved March 1, 1888.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section two thousand and forty-two of the Code of Virginia
of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 2042. If any horses, mules, cattles, hogs, sheep, or goats
shall enter into any grounds enclosed by a lawful fence or by
a river or stream or any part thereof which is by law a law-
ful fence, or into any grounds in counties or magisterial dis-
tricts or selected portions thereof, wherein the boundary lines
of lots or tracts of land have been constituted lawful fences,
the owner or manager of any such animal shall be liable to
the owner or tenant of such grounds, as the case may be, for
any damage sustained by reason of such entry. For every
succeeding trespass by such animal, the owner or manager
thereof, shall be liable to the owner or tenant of the said
grounds for double damages.

2. This act shall be in force from and after the first day of
May, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.