Tennessee Statutes
§ 65-6-114 — Rights of foreign companies
Tennessee·Title 65
(a)Any railroad corporation created by the laws of any other state shall be empowered to extend its railroad into this state a distance not exceeding five (5) miles from the point of its entrance into this state, for the purpose of reaching a terminal point, or a general or a union depot in, or in the vicinity of, any city, town, or village in this state.
(b)Such corporations may acquire the right-of-way for their railroads from the line of this state to their terminal points or depots in this state by purchase or by gift or by condemnation.
(c)Such corporations shall have the power to purchase, hold, use, and enjoy all real estate necessary for the erection and maintenance of their depots, shops, yards, sidetracks, turnouts, and switches, both along the route and at their terminal poin
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Legislative History
Acts 1887, ch. 160, §§ 1-3; Shan., §§ 1874-1876; Code 1932, §§ 3139-3141; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 65-615 -- 65-617.
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