Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 256.150 (2026)

Railroad to erect cattle guards

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All railroads shall erect and maintain cattle guards at all terminal points of fences constructed along their lines, except at points where the lines are not required to be fenced on both sides, and at public crossings. Where there is a private passway across the railroad, the landowner for whose benefit the passway is kept open shall bear one-half (1/2) of the expense of cattle guards and gates, and shall erect the gates. The railroad shall erect the cattle guards. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1793.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1948–1948 · leading case: Burgin v. Forbes, 169 S.W.2d 321 (Ky. Ct. App. 1948).

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Burgin v. Forbes, 169 S.W.2d 321 (Ky. Ct. App. 1948). · cites it 2× “010, KRS, at the place and location of the gate and fence here involved, and hence section 256.150 of the statutes relating to railroad cattle guards has no connection with section 256.”

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