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2006 Code of Virginia § 56-428 - Railroads liable for damage from fires set out by their engines or trains
56-428. Railroads liable for damage from fires set out by their engines ortrains.
Whenever any person sustains damage from fire occasioned by sparks or coalsdropped or thrown from the engine or train of any railroad company, suchcompany shall be liable for the damage so sustained, whether such fireoriginated on the company's right-of-way or not.
(Code 1919, 3992; 1996, cc. 114, 157.)
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