Delaware Code (Titles 8, 9, 25, 30)
25 Del. C. § 1302
Liability for trespasses; fence-viewers to assess damages
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If any horse, cattle, goat, sheep or hog trespasses on any grounds enclosed with lawful fence, the owner of the animal so trespassing shall pay such damages as shall be awarded by the fence-viewers. Any person having unruly horses, goats, sheep, hogs or cattle, which break through lawful fences, shall, after notice thereof, be liable for double damages for any trespass committed by such animal, after such notice, to be awarded by the fence-viewers.
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In this title (40 sections)
- 25-901 · Liability in actions for waste
- 25-902 · Liability of an assignee and tenant in possession
- 25-903 · Liability of husband or assignee of tenant
- 25-904 · Liability of cotenants
- 25-905 · Actions by heirs
- 25-906 · Accidental fire in house not waste
- 25-907 · Service of writ; judgment by default
- 25-908 · Procedure upon death of either party
- 25-909 · Judgment
- 25-910 · Writ of estrepement
- 25-911 · Injunction or writ of estrepement upon petition of lienholder
- 25-1101 · Unauthorized removal of landmarks and marking of boundary…
- 25-1102 · Perpetuating testimony of boundaries
- 25-1103 · Marking and bounding lands; procedure
- 25-1104 · Notice of commission meeting; powers of commission; recording…
- 25-1105 · Effect of commission’s return; savings provision
- 25-1106 · Boundaries fixed by agreement of parties
- 25-1107 · Right of holders of separate parts of tract or of younger…
- 25-1108 · Fees of commissioners, surveyors, chain carriers and witnesses
- 25-1301 · Lawful fences; height; barbed wire
- 25-1302 · Liability for trespasses; fence-viewers to assess damages
- 25-1303 · Fence-viewers; appointment; powers; quorum; compensation
- 25-1304 · Maintenance of partition fences; liability for enclosure of…
- 25-1305 · Judgment of fence-viewers; enforcement and penalty for…
- 25-1306 · Division ditches and fences; remedy for neglect to maintain;…
- 25-1307 · Recovery of awards by fence-viewers
- 25-1401 · Liability for damages; court’s authority to determine whether…
- 25-1402 · Method of ascertaining value of trees removed
- 25-1403 · Failure of defendant to answer
- 25-1404 · Abatement of action
- 25-1501 · Liability of owners or occupiers of land for injury to guests…
- 25-1601 · Written notice of pendency of action
- 25-1602 · Recording; indexing; cancellation
- 25-1603 · Filed notice of pendency; effect as to persons claiming…
- 25-1604 · Effective term
- 25-1605 · Mailing of notice of pendency to parties against whom notice…
- 25-1606 · Mandatory cancellation
- 25-1607 · Cancellation upon condition of security
- 25-1608 · Discretionary cancellation; hearing on probability of success…
- 25-1609 · Voluntary cancellation by party recording the notice