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Vermont Statutes Title 18. Health, § 5365. Damages for want of fence; liability

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

When a person or estate is damaged by cattle, horses, sheep, or swine breaking into a public burial ground and injuring a grave, headstone, monument, shrubbery, or flowers, for want of a legal fence around such burial ground, such person or estate may recover of the town double the amount of damages, in a civil action.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Vermont Statutes Title 18. Health, § 5365. Damages for want of fence; liability - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/vt/title-18-health/vt-st-tit-18-sect-5365/

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