§6021. Fences; liability for injuries Where a railroad passes through enclosed or improved land, or woodlots belonging to a farm, legal and sufficient fences shall be made on each side of the land taken therefor, before the construction of the road is commenced, and the fences shall be maintained and kept in good repair by […]
§6022. Line fences built on notice of abutter The owner of any enclosed or improved land or woodlot belonging to a farm abutting upon any railroad, which is finished and in operation, may at any time between the 20th day of April and the end of October give written notice to the president, treasurer or […]
§6023. Injuring fences; turning animals into railroad enclosure 1. Injuring fence. A person may not take down or intentionally injure a fence erected to protect the line of a railroad. [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. L, §11 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).] 2. Turning animals into railroad enclosure. A person […]
§6024. Company liable for trespasses on adjoining land The corporation is liable for trespasses and injuries to lands and buildings adjoining or in the vicinity of its road committed by a person in its employment or occasioned by its order, if the party injured within 60 days after the injured gives notice to the corporation; […]
§6025. No title to lands of railroads by adverse possession No title to any real estate or any interest in real estate may be acquired against any railroad corporation by adverse possession, however exclusive or long continued. [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
