The corporation shall have the right, in pursuance of the general law authorizing the condemnation of private property for works of internal improvement, to appropriate as an easement a right-of-way, not exceeding two hundred feet (200'), over the land of any person through which the line of the track may be located.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-6-109
Right-of-way authorized
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Bryant v. Tenn-Ken Railroad (2004)
Most recently applied in Bryant v. Tenn-Ken Railroad (August 2004)
Acts 1875, ch. 142, § 6; Shan., § 2413; Code 1932, § 4003; T.C.A
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