S.C. Code § 58-17-1340

Current through 2024 Act No. 209.
Section 58-17-1340 - Altering course of highway

A railroad corporation may alter the course of a highway or other way, other than a street in any incorporated city or town, for the purpose of facilitating the crossing of it by its road, or permitting its road to pass at the side thereof without crossing, upon obtaining a decree of the governing body of the county prescribing the manner and time of such alteration. The corporation shall pay all damages occasioned to private property by the alteration, as in the case of land taken for its road.

S.C. Code § 58-17-1340

1893 (21) 481; 1881 (17) 836; R. S. 1726; G. S. 1533; Civ. C. '02 Section 2182; Civ. C. '12 Section 3287; Civ. C. '22 Section 4985; 1932 Code Section 8432; 1942 Code Section 8432; 1952 Code Section 58-994; 1962 Code Section 58-994.