66-2,120. Failure of locomotive to sound whistle at crossing; penalties; payment to informer. An air whistle shall be attached to each locomotive engine, and shall be sounded four (4) times (two long, one short and one long blast) beginning at least eighty (80) rods from the place where the railroad shall cross any public road […]
66-2,121. Railroad-highway crossing signs; specifications. Every railway corporation shall cause railroad-highway crossing signs in the form of a crossbuck to be erected, well supported by posts or otherwise, alone or in combination with other protective devices, and constantly maintained on the right-hand side of the traveled public road or street, on each approach to the […]
66-2,122. Actions to recover penalties; service of summons. All penalties imposed upon railway corporations by this or any other act may be sued for in the name of the state of Kansas, and may be commenced by serving a summons on any officer or agent of such company found within the state. History: G.S. 1868, […]
66-2,123. Railroad company, defined. As used in article 2 of chapter 66 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, “railroad company” means and shall include any incorporated railroad company, express or transportation company, other common carrier, sleeping car company, private-car company, railroad-bridge company, person or persons, lessee, assignees, trustee, receiver, partnership, joint-stock company or […]
66-227. Crossings. It is hereby made the duty of every person or corporation owning or operating any railroad crossed by a public highway, county highway or township road to make, and keep in good repair, good and sufficient crossings for such highway, road or street over their tracks, including all the grading, bridges, ditches and […]
66-228. Same; penalty; time within which to restore crossing. Every person or corporation failing to comply with the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, for each and every violation hereof and each day same shall be […]
66-229. Same; duty of officers. Upon complaint, it is hereby made the duty of every county engineer and road supervisor in this state to see that this act is complied with in such person’s jurisdiction and to report to the county attorney of such person’s county every failure on the part of any person or […]
66-230. Cattle guards at crossings; duties as to gates. When any railroad runs through any improved and fenced farm lands and between an occupied dwelling and other main farm buildings; or wherever at the time of the passage of this act, any railroad right of way lies alongside of and contiguous to a public highway […]
66-231. Same; civil liability. Any railroad company neglecting or refusing to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 66-230 shall be liable for all damages sustained by anyone by reason of such neglect and refusal; and in order for the injured party to recover all damages he has sustained it will only be necessary for him […]
66-232. Action for damages by fire. In all actions against any railway company organized or doing business in this state, for damages by fire caused by the operating of said railroad, it shall be only necessary for the plaintiff in said action to establish the fact that said fire complained of was caused by the […]
66-233. Action for damages by fire; attorney fee. In all actions commenced under K.S.A. 66-232 and 66-233 and amendments thereto in which judgment is rendered against any railroad company for damages by fire caused by the operating of such railroad, if it appears from the evidence that such company has refused without just cause or […]
66-234. Liability for negligence. Railroads in this state shall be liable for all damages done to person or property, when done in consequence of any neglect on the part of the railroad companies. History: L. 1870, ch. 93, § 1; Mar. 24; R.S. 1923, 66-234.
66-273. Permitting trains, engines or cars to stand on public highway. Each and every railroad company or any corporation leasing or otherwise operating a railroad in Kansas is hereby prohibited from allowing its trains, engines or cars to stand upon any public road within one half mile of any incorporated or unincorporated city or town, […]
66-274. Same; penalty; exemption of railroad employees from certain penalties. Any railroad company or corporation operating a line of railroad in Kansas failing or neglecting to comply with K.S.A. 66-273, and amendments thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine as follows: One hundred dollars if the […]
66-295. Liability regardless of negligence. Every railway company or corporation in this state, and every assignee or lessee of such company or corporation, shall be liable to pay the owner the full value of each and every animal killed, and all damages to each and every animal wounded by the engine or cars on such […]
66-296. Recovery upon failure to pay full value of animal upon demand. In case such railway company or corporation, or the assignee or lessee thereof, shall fail for thirty days after demand made therefor by the owner of such animal, or his agent or attorney, to pay such owner or his agent or attorney the […]
66-297. Persons upon whom demand may be made. The demand mentioned in K.S.A. 66-296 may be made of any ticket agent or station agent of such railway company or corporation, or the assignee or lessee thereof. History: L. 1874, ch. 94, § 3; Mar. 4; R.S. 1923, 66-297.
66-298. Attorney’s fee. In all actions prosecuted under this act it shall be the duty of the court if tried by the court, or jury if tried by a jury, if the judgment or verdict be for the plaintiff, to find in addition to their general findings for plaintiff the amount, if anything, allowed for […]
66-299. Railroad enclosed with fence. This act shall not apply to any railway company or corporation, or the assignee or lessee thereof, whose road is enclosed with a good and lawful fence to prevent such animal from being on such road. History: L. 1874, ch. 94, § 5; Mar. 4; R.S. 1923, 66-299.
