Title 39
Public Utilities and Carriers

Chapter 6
Railroad Companies

R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-6-2

§ 39-6-2. Unlicensed road as nuisance.

Every railroad or portion of a railroad built in this state for public use, by itself or in connection with any other railroad, without charter or license first had and obtained from the general assembly, is declared to be a public nuisance.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 40; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 44; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 35; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 35; G.L. 1956, § 39-6-2.