Tennessee § 65-10-112 - Priority of judgments for timbers, work, or damages.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 65-10-112 — Priority of judgments for timbers, work, or damages., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 65-10-112. Priority of judgments for timbers, work, or damages.
No railroad company shall have power to give or create any mortgage or other kind of lien on its railway property in this state, which shall be valid and binding against judgments and decrees, and executions therefrom, for timbers furnished and work and labor done on, or for damages done to persons and property in the operation of its railroad in this state. Acts 1877, ch. 12, § 3; 1877, ch. 72, § 3; Shan., § 1530; Code 1932, § 2587; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-1021. Cross-References. Liability for timber cut, § 29-36-102 . Liability of railroad to taxation, § 65-8-108 . Lien of state for construction of underpass or overpass, priority, § 65-11-109 . Priority of liens of contractors, subcontractors, laborers and materialmen, § 65-10-206 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 21 Tenn. Juris., Railroads, § 54.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 65-10-112 ("Priority of judgments for timbers, work, or damages.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. 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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