To build and construct, and thereafter to use, operate, own, sell, and enjoy the railroad as specified and defined in the application of the projectors for its creation and organization, with one or more tracks, and to construct and operate such branches, spurs, and laterals thereto as may be necessary or proper to develop the country through which its main line may extend. Upon the location of branches, spurs, or laterals, the company shall file in the Office of the Secretary of State a written statement showing the line thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 77-9-147
Building and operating railroad
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Columbus & Greenville Ry. Co. v. Scales (1991)
Most recently applied in Columbus & Greenville Ry. Co. v. Scales (April 1991)
Codes, 1892, § 3580; 1906, § 4082; Hemingway’s 1917, § 6711; 1930, § 6075; 1942, § 7726.
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.