O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 46-8-380 (2019)

Intruding on railroad tracks

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Any person intruding unlawfully upon the constructed track of a railroad company, contrary to the will of the company, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

(Laws 1837; Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 850; Code 1863, § 4334; Code 1868, § 4370; Code 1873, § 4437; Ga. L. 1875, p. 26, § 1; Code 1882, § 4437; Penal Code 1895, § 519; Penal Code 1910, § 521; Code 1933, § 94-9908.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Walking upon track. - Walking upon track was not unlawful intruding in the sense of former Code 1882, § 4437 (see O.C.G.A § 46-8-380). Savannah, F. & W. Ry. v. Stewart, 71 Ga. 427 (1883).

Cited in Kent v. Southern Ry., 52 Ga. App. 731, 184 S.E. 638 (1936).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d. - 65 Am. Jur. 2d, Railroads, § 74.

C.J.S. - 75 C.J.S., Railroads, § 1281.