55-302 - Boundary lines of certain low grounds on James River a lawful fence.

§ 55-302. Boundary lines of certain low grounds on James River a lawful fence.

The owners and occupants of low grounds on either side of the James River inthe Counties of Buckingham, Albemarle, and Goochland, enclosed by lawfulfences on the back and hill lands, need not keep up any fence on the boundarylines running across the low grounds to the river, and such boundary linesshall be deemed a lawful fence, except where public roads cross the river orrun parallel with its banks.

(Code 1950, § 8-872; 1977, c. 624.)