The Vermont Statutes Online
The Vermont Statutes Online have been updated to include the actions of the 2023 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 5 : Aeronautics and Surface Transportation Generally
Chapter 068 : Construction and Operation of the Road
Subchapter 001 : Location, Condemnation, and Construction
(Cite as: 5 V.S.A. § 3534)-
§ 3534. Obstruction to private way
If a railroad corporation obstructs the travel or means of access to a manufactory, mill, place of business, or dwelling house in laying out, building, grading, or making its road, it shall be liable to pay to the person thereby injured such reasonable compensation as the commissioners for determining railroad damages deem proper. The person so claiming to be damaged may apply in writing to the commissioners, setting forth such damage. Such application, with a notice from the commissioners to the corporation of the time and place of hearing, shall be served on the corporation according to law.
