Indiana Code
Chapter 32. Railroad's Liability for Livestock
8-4-32-1. Scope of Liability; Evidence as to Name of Railroad

Sec. 1. Any railroad corporation, lessee, assignee, receiver, and other person or corporation, running, controlling, or operating any railroad into or through this state, shall be liable, jointly or severally, for stock killed or injured by the locomotives, cars, or other carriages run on such road, in the name in which the road was run or operated at the time, to the extent and according to the provisions of this chapter; and the bills of lading usually issued at any railroad station in the county in which such stock was killed or injured shall be prima facie evidence as to the character or name in which said railroad was owned, held, controlled, or operated.
Formerly: Acts 1863, c.25, s.1; Acts 1877(ss), c.30, s.1. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.85.

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