Tennessee § 65-6-128 - Acquisition of land by purchase or condemnation.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 65-6-128 — Acquisition of land by purchase or condemnation., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 65-6-128. Acquisition of land by purchase or condemnation.
For the purposes mentioned in §§ 65-6-119 and 65-6-127 , power is granted to such railroad company to acquire by purchase and to hold such real estate as may be necessary or proper, and to acquire such real estate as may be necessary or proper for such purposes, by condemnation of private property for works of internal improvement as set forth in §§ 29-16-104 — 29-16-124 , 29-16-202 and 29-16-203 . Acts 1911, ch. 55, § 2; 1911, ch. 70, § 2; Shan., §§ 1489a2, 1490a2; Code 1932, §§ 2573, 2577; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-639; Acts 2014, ch. 927, § 12. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 10 Tenn. Juris., Eminent Domain, §§ 7, 17; 21 Tenn. Juris., Railroads, § 10.
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Section 65-6-128 ("Acquisition of land by purchase or condemnation.") 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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