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South Carolina · Through 2025 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-3910: Liability to landowners for damages for wrongful obstruction of watercourses.

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  1. Title 58 - PUBLIC UTILITIES, SERVICES AND CARRIERS
  2. CHAPTER 17 The General Railroad Law
  3. ARTICLE 33 Penalties and Liabilities Generally

Railroad corporations shall be liable to landowners for all damages resulting from the wrongful obstruction of watercourses by such corporations and it shall not be necessary to allege and prove that such damages resulted from the negligent construction of the road or other works of such corporations, but any person who is damaged shall be entitled to recover as in actions against individuals upon showing the wrongful obstruction of such watercourses.

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