Rhode Island General Laws 39-6-10. Adverse possession by railroad
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No length of possession, user, or occupancy by a railroad corporation of land belonging to an adjoining owner shall hereafter create any right in or to adjoining land in the railroad corporation or in any person or corporation claiming under it.
History of Section.
P.L. 1899, ch. 657, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 62; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 53; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 53; G.L. 1956, § 39-6-10.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-6-10
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Railroad: means and includes every railroad other than a street railway, by whatsoever power, operated for public use in the conveyance in this state of persons or property for compensation, with all bridges, ferries, tunnels, switches, spurs, tracks, stations, wharves, and terminal facilities of every kind, used, operated, controlled, leased, or owned by or in connection with any railroad. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2