Terms Used In Tennessee Code 65-6-109

  • 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: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The corporation shall have the right, in pursuance of the general law authorizing the condemnation of private property for works of internal improvement, to appropriate as an easement a right-of-way, not exceeding two hundred feet (200′), over the land of any person through which the line of the track may be located.