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Therefore, when the United States patented land to Brandt subject to the railroad right-of-way, without explicitly reserving any interest in the right-of-way, it gave up any future interest in the railroad corridor. In this case, the railroad's easement was extinguished upon abandonment, leaving Brandt's land unburdened. [4]: slip op. at 10–11
Electrical power line easement. Telephone line easement. Fuel gas pipe easement. Sidewalk easement. Usually sidewalks are in the public right-of-way. View easement. Prevents someone from blocking the view of the easement owner, or permits the owner to cut the blocking vegetation on the land of another. Driveway easement, also known as easement ...
In the United States, railbanking was established in 1983 as an amendment to Section 8(d) of the National Trails System Act. It is a voluntary agreement between a railroad company and a trail sponsor (such as a trail organization or government agency) to use an out-of-service rail corridor as a trail until a railroad might need the corridor again for rail service.
A bill to create the new Bronx-Westchester Railroad Authority to purchase and operate the Westchester for public benefit made it all the way to New York State Governor Herbert H. Lehman's office before he was pressured by New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia to veto the bill. The only successful effort was the purchase by the City of New ...
The easement contains pipes that supply water to 360,000 residents. The problem is that those pipes are now nearly 100 years old, so a rupture could happen at any time, resulting in untold damages.
Most states, including Tennessee, have easement laws, which allow someone to claim use of private property for a specific purpose. For example, if your driveway veers onto a neighbor's land, a new ...
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act calls for 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations. It should build 500,000 train stations instead.
The Union Pacific Railroad: A case in premature enterprise (1906), econometrics; Gates, Paul. History of Public Land Law Development (1968, government document and not copyright) railroad land grants on pp 341–386. online; Henry, Robert S. "The railroad land grant legend in American history texts."