Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 5 Sec. 3646

  • 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.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic, including a trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative. See
  • road: shall include bridges thereon and their approaches. See
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

§ 3646. Driving animals or vehicle within fences on railroad; damages; penalty

A person who rides, leads, or drives a horse or other animal or operates a motor vehicle or a snowmobile upon a railroad, and within such fences and guards, other than at road and farm crossings, without the consent of the corporation shall forfeit not more than $50.00 to be recovered by the corporation in an action on this statute and shall also pay the damages sustained thereby to the party aggrieved. (Amended 1967, No. 341 (Adj. Sess.), § 13.)