Ind. Code ch. 8-4-20

in effect

Ind. Code § 8-4-20-1 Transportation of freight and passengers

Sec. 1. All railroad companies now organized or that may be hereafter organized under the laws of this state, having connecting roads, may enter into contracts by their respective boards of directors by which the locomotives and trains of one (1) railroad company, for the transportation of freight and passengers, may be run and operated over and upon the track and road of another railroad company, upon such terms as the said companies may agree upon. Formerly: Acts 1873, c.77, s.1.

Ind. Code § 8-4-20-2 Ratification

Sec. 2. All contracts heretofore made in good faith between railroad companies organized under the laws of this state, acting by their respective boards of directors, by which the locomotives and trains of one (1) railroad company, for the transportation of freight and passengers, are to be run and operated over the track and road of another railroad company, are hereby ratified and made legal. Formerly: Acts 1873, c.77, s.2.

Ind. Code § 8-4-20-3 Operation upon tracks of another company; tort liability

Sec. 3. Every railroad company that shall run and operate its locomotives and trains upon the track and road of another railroad company shall be liable to third persons for all damages occasioned by such locomotives and trains, in the same manner and to the same extent as though the track and road upon which such locomotives and trains were run and operated belonged to the company owning and operating the same. Formerly: Acts 1873, c.77, s.3.

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