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219.76 FIRE CAUSED BY ENGINE; INSURABLE INTEREST.
A railroad corporation owning or operating a railroad in this state is responsible in damages
to every person and corporation whose property is injured or destroyed by fire communicated
directly or indirectly by the locomotive engines in use upon its railroad line. Each railroad
corporation shall have an insurable interest in the property upon the route of its railroad line and
may procure insurance in its own behalf for its protection against the damages.
History: (4932) RL s 2041; 1909 c 378 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1
A railroad corporation owning or operating a railroad in this state is responsible in damages
to every person and corporation whose property is injured or destroyed by fire communicated
directly or indirectly by the locomotive engines in use upon its railroad line. Each railroad
corporation shall have an insurable interest in the property upon the route of its railroad line and
may procure insurance in its own behalf for its protection against the damages.
History: (4932) RL s 2041; 1909 c 378 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1
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