CHAPTER 20. CONTRACTS BETWEEN CONNECTING RAILROADS
IC 8-4-20
Chapter 20. Contracts Between Connecting Railroads
IC 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.)
IC 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.)
IC 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.)