Any person who wilfully and unlawfully throws down or leaves open any bars, gate or fence, belonging to any particular enclosure or common field, shall pay to the party injured double damages, and a sum not exceeding five dollars, according to the nature and aggravation of the trespass.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-569
Damages for leaving open bars, gate or fence
(1949 Rev., S. 8310; P.A. 82-160, S. 235.) History: P.A. 82-160 substituted “wilfully” for “wittingly”.
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