Statutes, codes, and regulations
Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976
Title 58 - PUBLIC UTILITIES, SERVICES AND CARRIERSChapter 17 - THE GENERAL RAILROAD LAW
Article 33 - PENALTIES AND LIABILITIES GENERALLY
Section 58-17-3910 - Liability to landowners for damages for wrongful obstruction of watercourses

S.C. Code § 58-17-3910

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Current through 2024 Act No. 209.
Section 58-17-3910 - Liability to landowners for damages for wrongful obstruction of watercourses

Railroad corporations shall be liable to landowners for all damages resulting from the wrongful obstruction of watercourses by such corporations and it shall not be necessary to allege and prove that such damages resulted from the negligent construction of the road or other works of such corporations, but any person who is damaged shall be entitled to recover as in actions against individuals upon showing the wrongful obstruction of such watercourses.

S.C. Code § 58-17-3910

1897 (22) 489; Civ. C. '02 Section 2041; Civ. C. '12 Section 3115; Civ. C. '22 Section 4784; 1932 Code Section 8220; 1942 Code Section 8275; 1952 Code Section 58-967; 1962 Code Section 58-967.