{"data":{"id":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-5242","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"12 V.S.A. § 5242","heading":"Damages assessed on breaches assigned","body":"In actions on bond or for a penal sum for the nonperformance of covenants or agreements contained in a condition, indenture, deed, or writing, the plaintiff may assign as many breaches as he or she chooses. Damages shall be assessed for such breaches as he or she proves and judgment rendered for the whole penalty, and execution shall issue for so much only as is found in damages, with costs.","path":["Title 12: Court Procedure","Chapter 181: Penal Bonds"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/181/05242","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:51:57Z","sha256":"522298231e23f77124fa463e6d7fe84054ed857f9d025f30c03127331d48a261","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-5241","next":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-5243"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}