Tennessee Statutes
§ 65-6-132 — Trees to be cut down
Tennessee·Title 65
(a)Every company or person operating a railroad in this state shall cut down all trees standing on its lands which are six (6) or more inches in a diameter two feet (2') above the ground and of sufficient height to reach the roadbed if they should fall.
(b)A failure to comply with subsection (a) will render the company liable for all damages to person or property resulting therefrom; also to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100), to be recovered on suit brought in the name of any citizen before any tribunal having jurisdiction, half of which shall go to the treasury of the county in which such provisions may have been disregarded, and the other half to the plaintiff.
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Legislative History
Acts 1870-1871, ch. 78, §§ 1, 2; Shan., §§ 1584, 1585; mod. Code 1932, §§ 2648, 2649; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 65-643, 65-644.
Nearby Sections
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§ 65-1-102
Commissioners - Prohibited activities§ 65-1-103
Meetings§ 65-1-104
Quorum - Chair and vice chair - Panels§ 65-1-105
Compensation - Expenses§ 65-1-107
§ 65-1-107§ 65-1-108
Office - Furniture and supplies§ 65-1-109
Executive director§ 65-1-110
Minutes and official documents§ 65-1-111
Report to general assembly§ 65-1-112
Copies of records§ 65-1-113
Enforcement - Duties of commission