The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
001
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LOCATION, CONDEMNATION, AND CONSTRUCTION
(Cite as: 5 V.S.A. § 3538)
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§ 3538. When other land of same owner is taken, first land to revert
When a railroad corporation has paid or becomes liable to pay land damages for the
location of its road, and afterwards changes such location and occupies other lands
of the same landowner to whom damages have been paid or awarded, the land first located
upon, on the completion of the subsequent location, shall revert to the landowner.
On the subsequent location, the commissioners shall award such damages as under the
circumstances are just.