Tex. Transp. Code Section 112.102
Liability for Death or Injury to Stock


(a)

Subject to Subsection (b), a railroad company is liable to the owner for the value of all stock killed or injured by the company’s locomotives and cars operating over the company’s railways, regardless of whether the county or subdivision of a county in which the death or injury occurs has, under Subchapter B (Petition for Election) or D, Chapter 143 (Fences; Range Restrictions), Agriculture Code, prohibited certain animals from running at large.

(b)

A railroad company that fences its railway is liable only for injury to stock that results from a want of ordinary care.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.

Source: Section 112.102 — Liability for Death or Injury to Stock, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.­112.­htm#112.­102 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).

Accessed:
Apr. 29, 2024

§ 112.102’s source at texas​.gov