Rhode Island General Laws 39-6-9. Possession of land adverse to railroad
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No length of possession, user, or occupancy of land belonging to a railroad corporation by an owner or occupier of adjoining land shall hereafter create any right in or to the land of the corporation in an adjoining owner or occupant or in any person claiming under him or her.
History of Section.
P.L. 1899, ch. 657, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 61; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 52; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 52; G.L. 1956, § 39-6-9.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-6-9
- 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