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§3577. Liability; railroad


Published: 2015

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The Vermont Statutes Online



Title

05

:
Aeronautics and Surface Transportation Generally






Chapter

068

:
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE ROAD






Subchapter

002
:
CROSSING HIGHWAYS AND TURNPIKES










 

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3577. Liability; railroad

A railroad

corporation constructing a railroad across a highway shall be liable to the

town, within whose limits the crossings are, for damages occasioned to that

town by reason of the corporation not complying with the provisions of sections

3570 and 3574 of this title. The liability shall extend to expenses incurred by

the town in connection with actions against the corporation by reason of the

noncompliance. (Amended 1969, No. 76, § 7.)