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cost\" href=\"\/56-17\/\">56-17<\/a> to <a class=\"law\" title=\"Contest by company whose works are crossed\" href=\"\/56-19\/\">56-19<\/a> cause damage to the works of any <span class=\"dictionary\">company<\/span>, or to the owner or occupant of any lands, the <span class=\"dictionary\">company<\/span> exercising the <span class=\"dictionary\">privileges<\/span> granted by such sections shall make proper compensation for such damage.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPAYMENT FOR DAMAGE OCCASIONED BY CROSSING WORKS OF PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS\n(\u00a7 56-20)\n\nIf any such crossing as is provided for in \u00a7\u00a7 56-17 to 56-19 cause damage to\nthe works of any company, or to the owner or occupant of any lands, the company\nexercising the privileges granted by such sections shall make proper\ncompensation for such damage.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3884.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}