A utility promptly shall pay or discharge all taxes and charges levied upon the utility’s facilities located in the railroad’s right of way. If any taxes or charges can not be separately made or assessed to the utility, but are included in the taxes or charges assessed to the railroad, the utility shall pay to the railroad an equitable portion of the taxes, determined by the value of the utility’s facilities located on the railroad right of way as compared with the entire value of the railroad property.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 49-09.1-13

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
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