South Carolina Code 58-15-1720. Construction pending appeal
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 58-15-1720
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- department: as used in this article means any subdivision or agency of the State having authority to locate or construct roads or streets. See South Carolina Code 58-15-1610
- grade crossing: as used in this article means a crossing at grade of a public street or highway over a track or tracks of a railroad. See South Carolina Code 58-15-1610
- railroad: as used in this article shall include all steam railroads and interurban electric railroads of more than twenty miles in length, which are operated as common carriers, but shall not include street railroads operated in whole or in part within the limits of any incorporated city or town or private logging roads. See South Carolina Code 58-15-1610
When any railroad company appeals from a decision of the Commission as provided for in § 58-15-1700 or from an order or finding of any department or subdivision as provided for in § 58-15-1710 the department or subdivision pending such appeal or appeals may proceed at its own risk and expense in constructing such grade crossing separation structure and without prejudice as to the division of the costs as herein provided should the appeal be decided adversely to such railroad.