277.330 Liability of railroads for killing or injuring cattle -- How damages divided.

KY Rev Stat § 277.330 (2019) (N/A)
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277.330 Liability of railroads for killing or injuring cattle -- How damages divided. If cattle are killed or injured by the locomotive or cars of any railroad company on a track adjoining the lands belonging to or occupied by the owner of the cattle, and the owner has not received compensation for fencing his land along the railroad right-of-way, the loss shall be divided between the railroad company and the owner of the cattle, unless the cattle were killed or injured by the negligence of the agents or servants of the railroad company, in which case the company shall pay full damages. Effective: June 16, 1966 History: Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 225, effective June 16, 1966. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 809.