Ohio Statutes
§ 4961.08 — Damages for diversion
Ohio § 4961.08
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Bluebook
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4961.08 (2026).
Text
When, under section4961.07of the Revised Code, a railroad company's line of railroad is diverted from a county named in the articles of incorporation, such company is liable to any person owning land in the county for damages caused by the change or diversion. All subscribers to the capital stock of the company on the line of that part of its railroad so changed shall be released from all obligation to pay their subscriptions.
Saving the rights of infants, incompetent individuals, and persons imprisoned, for six months after their disability is removed, no action shall be brought for damages caused by such change or diversion, unless it is begun within six months from the filing of the certificate for the change with the secretary of state, and the publication of notice thereof by the com
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Legislative History
Effective: April 6, 2023 | Latest Legislation: House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
Nearby Sections
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§ 4961.02
Electricity as motive power§ 4961.04
Terminus on state line§ 4961.05
Changes of line or termini§ 4961.06
Mortgage on changed line of railroad§ 4961.07
Route may be changed§ 4961.08
Damages for diversion§ 4961.09
Change of location or grade§ 4961.10
Appropriation of land to make change§ 4961.11
Damages by change after completion§ 4961.12
Construction of branch road§ 4961.13
Right of entry§ 4961.15
Company may acquire lands§ 4961.151
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Ohio § 4961.08, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/oh/4961.08.