Minnesota Statutes
Minn. Stat. § 222.27 (2026)
Power To Acquire Property
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Every foreign and domestic railroad corporation shall have power to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, all necessary roadways, spur and side tracks, rights-of-way, depot grounds, yards, grounds for gravel pits, machine shops, warehouses, elevators, depots, station houses, and all other structures necessary or convenient for the use, operation, or enjoyment of the road, and may make with any other railroad company, such arrangements for the use of any portion of its tracks and roadbeds as it may deem necessary.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1957–1984 · leading case: Hayfield N. R.R. v. Chicago & North W. Transp. Co., 467 U.S. 622 (1984).
Hayfield N. R.R. v. Chicago & North W. Transp. Co., 467 U.S. 622 (1984). “” Minn. Stat. §222.27 (1982). Ill The argument that the Staggers Rail Act amendments pre-empt the State’s power of eminent domain over the abandoned Hayfield segment rests upon two contentions: first, *632 that the federal regulation of railroad abandonments is so pervasive as…”
Hayfield N. R.R. Co., Inc. v. Chicago & North W. Transp. Co., State of Minnesota, Intervenor/appellant, 693 F.2d 819 (8th Cir. 1982). “Minn.Stat.Ann. § 222.27 (West 1972); Minn.”
Chicago Great W. Ry. Co. v. Jesse, 82 N.W.2d 227 (Minn. 1957). “In our opinion, if the legislature had intended these sections to apply to a situation such as we are dealing with here, it would have included more than branches and extensions and would have specifically mentioned spur and side tracks as was done in § 222.27, where foreign and…”
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