New Jersey Statutes 48:12-47. Penalty for driving animals on tracks
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 48:12-47
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Any person who shall ride, lead or drive any cattle, horses or other animals upon any railroad protected by fences and guards as required by section 48:12-46 of this title and within such fences and guards elsewhere than at farm crossings, without the consent of the company, shall, for every such offense, forfeit ten dollars and pay all damages sustained thereby to the company, to be recovered in an action at law.