When by contract neither the owner of such land nor the railroad company can oblige the other to erect or maintain the fence, or such owner or his grantor has agreed not to require the railroad company to erect or maintain such fence, and such fence has been so erected or maintained by the company by order of the Commissioner of Transportation, such company may collect from such owner one-half of the cost of erecting and maintaining such fence, which amount shall be a lien on such land as provided in § 13b-302.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 13b-303

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • railroad company: shall be construed to mean and include all corporations, trustees, receivers or other persons, that lay out, construct, maintain or operate a railroad, unless such meaning would be repugnant to the context or to the manifest intention of the General Assembly. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
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