Massachusetts § 60 - Eminent domain; crossing of public way

Full text of Massachusetts Massachusetts General Laws § 60 — Eminent domain; crossing of public way, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 60. Eminent domain; crossing of public way

Section 60. A company authorized to construct its railway at grade across a public way in any place where such crossing is not a part of the crossing of such way by another public way, and incident to the construction of the street railway longitudinally within the limits of such other public way, shall, in any proceedings for the abolition of such grade crossing, be considered as a railroad corporation under sections sixty-five to eighty-two, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine if such company has taken any land or other property under authority of the two preceding sections; and it may bring a petition, or be made a respondent to any petition brought by any of the other parties named in said sections, in the same way and be subject to the same liabilities as if it were a railroad corporation.

Source: official Massachusetts text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 60 ("Eminent domain; crossing of public way") is part of the Massachusetts General Laws, the codified statutory law of Massachusetts. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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