On paying reasonable compensation a person, firm, or corporation shall have the right to use the right-of-way of a railroad within the outside switches at a station or siding for any of the following purposes:

Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 230.09

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(1) as a site for a public elevator, warehouse, coal shed, icehouse, buying station, or selling station;

(2) as a location for weighing scales or other equipment for weighing livestock; or

(3) for receiving, storing, or distributing an article of commerce that has been or is to be transported.