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2024 Indiana Code
Title 8. Utilities and Transportation
Article 3. Railroads Generally
Chapter 15. Public Use of Railroad Land
8-3-15-1. Railroad Right Retained
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IN Code § 8-3-15-1 (2024)
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Sec. 1. The use by the public (of the) right of way or depot grounds of any railroad in this state by riding, driving or walking thereon, shall not ripen into a right to continue to do so even though it has been so used for a period of twenty (20) years or more; nor shall such use be evidence of a grant to do so except where such use is made across such ground to connect a street or highway on each side thereof, and except where a court of competent jurisdiction has adjudged the existence of a street or highway.
Formerly: Acts 1899, c.209, s.1.
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