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It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0839\">839<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":249773,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75434,"identifier":"56-435","token":"56\/13\/8\/56-435","url":"\/56-435\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-435\/","token":"56\/13\/8\/56-435","dublin_core":{"Title":"Appeal from general district court to circuit court in cattle-guard cases","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-435","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In all suits brought before the general district <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> against <span class=\"dictionary\">railroad<\/span> companies to recover penalties for failure to construct cattle guards as required by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, either <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> shall have the right of <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of the county where such suit is brought, from the <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span> of the general district <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, without regard to the amount in controversy.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPEAL FROM GENERAL DISTRICT COURT TO CIRCUIT COURT IN CATTLE-GUARD CASES (\u00a7\n56-435)\n\nIn all suits brought before the general district court against railroad\ncompanies to recover penalties for failure to construct cattle guards as\nrequired by law, either party shall have the right of appeal to the circuit\ncourt of the county where such suit is brought, from the judgment of the general\ndistrict court, without regard to the amount in controversy.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3954; 2005, c. 839.","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}}