Sec. 52-287. Attachment of fixtures of telegraph, telephone or electric companies.
Sec. 52-287. Attachment of fixtures of telegraph, telephone or electric companies. The fixtures of every telegraph, telephone or electric light or power company, or
association engaged in distributing electricity by wires or similar conductors, including
its wires, posts, crossbars, lamps, switchboards, piers and abutments, may be attached
in the same manner and with the same legal effect as real estate in civil actions, by the
officer lodging in the office of the Secretary of the State a certificate that he has made
such attachment, which shall be endorsed by said secretary with a note of the precise
time of its reception, and kept on file, open to public inspection, in said office. Such
attachment, if completed as hereinafter provided, shall be considered as made when
such certificate is so lodged. The certificate shall be signed by such officer, shall describe
the termini of the line or lines and the location of the switchboards attached, with reasonable certainty, and shall specify the parties to the suit, the court to which the process is
returnable and the amount of damages claimed; and such officer shall, within four days
thereafter, leave in the office of said secretary a certified copy of the process under
which the attachment was made, with an endorsement of his doings thereon; and unless
the service is so completed, the property shall not be held against any other creditor or
bona fide purchaser.
(1949 Rev., S. 8029.)
See Sec. 52-380b re judgment liens on certain public utility property.