Section 4973.04 | Companies Prohibited From Demanding or Receiving Waivers.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No railroad company, insurance society or association, or other person shall demand, accept, or enter into an agreement or stipulation with a person in or about to enter the employ of a railroad company whereby he stipulates or agrees to surrender or […]
Section 4973.05 | Agreements Void.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly All rules, regulations, stipulations, and agreements, declared unlawful by sections 4973.02 to 4973.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code, are void. A corporation, association, or person violating, or aiding or abetting the violation of such sections shall forfeit to the person thus wronged […]
Section 4973.06 | Defective Machinery Prima-Facie Evidence of Negligence.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No railroad company knowingly or negligently shall use or operate a car or locomotive that is defective, or upon which the machinery or attachments belonging to such car or locomotive are in any manner defective. If an employee of such company receives […]
Section 4973.07 | Employee Definitions.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly In actions against a railroad company for personal injury to a person while in its employ, or for death resulting from such injury, arising from the negligence of such company or any of its officers or employees, in addition to other liability, […]
Section 4971.11 | Action to Satisfy Judgment.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Within sixty days after the determination of the action referred to in section 4971.08 of the Revised Code, the party claiming such priority of lien, if he has recovered judgment against the railroad company, shall file his answer and cross-petition in the […]
Section 4971.12 | Provisions Applicable to Certain Other Companies.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Sections 4971.01 to 4971.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code apply to companies whose railroads are party within and party without this state. A domestic company possessing such a railroad, may exercise all its powers, privileges, faculties, and franchises outside this state. A […]
Section 4971.13 | Mortgaged Property May Be Sold Without Appraisement.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Railroads and other property mortgaged by a reorganized railroad company, if the court deems it expedient, may be sold without appraisement, at judicial sales under judgments upon such mortgage but the court shall fix a minimum sum below which no sale shall […]
Section 4971.14 | Creditors May Agree on Capitalization – Notice.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When judicial proceedings are pending in a court for the sale of a railroad, and such railroad is in the hands of a receiver appointed by such court, two thirds in interest of each class of mortgagees or holders of the bonds […]
Section 4971.15 | Stocks or Bonds Held in a Fiduciary Capacity.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When a portion of the stock or bonds of a railroad company is held by the state, by a county, township, or municipal corporation, or by an executor, administrator, guardian, or otherwise in a fiduciary capacity, the governor, board of county commissioners, […]
Section 4971.16 | Rights of Creditors Who Do Not Sign Agreement.
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly As used in this section, “incompetent person” means a person who is so mentally impaired, as a result of a mental or physical illness or disability, as a result of an intellectual disability, or as a result of chronic substance abuse, that […]