Section 10-5-7 Condemnation of lands for depots, yards and tracks by railroads. - Alabama Statutes

Section 10-5-7

Condemnation of lands for depots, yards and tracks by railroads.

REPEALED IN THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2009-513, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.

Railroads or railroad companies operating in this state may acquire by condemnation proceedings, in the mode prescribed by law, lands for depots, freight yards and team tracks; but no condemnation proceeding shall be begun for either of said purposes until an application for permission to bring such condemnation proceeding has first been submitted to, and the same approved by, the Public Service Commission of Alabama. Should such lands not be used for the purposes of such condemnation within one year from the date of their condemnation or should such lands be abandoned for the use condemned or be used for purposes not authorized by such condemnation, the same shall revert to the owner or owners or his or their heirs.

(Code 1907, §3492; Code 1923, §7026; Code 1940, T. 10, §81.)