Massachusetts § 131 Compensation for use of station, railroad or grounds of one company by another

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 131 — Compensation for use of station, railroad or grounds of one company by another

Massachusetts § 131

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XXIICORPORATIONS

Ch. 160RAILROADS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, § 131 (2026).

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Section 131. If one railroad corporation occupies or uses, or has a right to occupy, enter upon and use, a station, railroad or grounds of another, or any portion thereof, the department, upon petition of either party, and after notice to the other, and a hearing, shall determine the compensation to be paid for such occupancy and use. Its award shall be binding upon the parties thereto for five years, and thereafter until it is revised or altered by the department, and upon the written request of a party affected thereby, filed within thirty days after the rendering thereof, the award shall be filed in the supreme judicial court which shall have jurisdiction to revise the same as if the award had been made by a commission appointed by said court.

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Section 131. If one railroad corporation occupies or uses, or has a right to occupy, enter upon and use, a station, railroad or grounds of another, or any portion thereof, the department, upon petition of either party, and after notice to the other, and a hearing, shall determine the compensation to be paid for such occupancy and use. Its award shall be binding upon the parties thereto for five years, and thereafter until it is revised or altered by the department, and upon the written request of a party affected thereby, filed within thirty days after the rendering thereof, the award shall be filed in the supreme judicial court which shall have jurisdiction to revise the same as if the award had been made by a commission appointed by said court.