                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DISMISSAL OF PROCEEDINGS WHEN COST EXCEEDS BENEFIT (§ 21-341)

If the court finds that the cost of construction, together with the damages
assessed is greater than the value of the resulting benefit that will accrue to
the lands affected, or greater than the potential value of the lands after the
completion of the proposed drainage, the court shall dismiss the proceedings at
the cost of the petitioners, and apportion the cost among them, each according
to acreage in the proposed district, including the expenses incurred by reason
of the filing of the petition including the compensation paid to the engineer,
his assistants, and the other members of the board of viewers.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 1756; 1926, p. 614.