Title 65, Public Utilities and Carriers

When any principal contractor, by which is meant one who contracts directly with the railroad companies, shall refuse to pay any subcontractor, mechanic, laborer, or other person employed by the principal contractor for the performance of any of such work or the delivery of mater…

If, after notice provided for in § 65-10-105, the principal contractor shall bring suit against the railroad company, the latter may relieve itself by paying into court the amount so claimed, and the person giving such notice shall be summoned to contest the matter with the princ…

The claim provided for in § 65-10-105 may be enforced against the railroad company, as garnishee, and the principal contractor, as debtor, in such court or before any judge of the court of general sessions of the county having jurisdiction of the amount claimed.

If any subcontractor refuses to pay any mechanic, laborer, or other person employed by such contractor, for the performance of any of the work, or the delivery of material for the purposes provided for in § 65-10-101, such mechanic, laborer, or other person so employed by the sub…

The notice provided for in § 65-10-105 shall operate as a first lien in favor of the claimant upon the amount that may be due from the principal contractor to the subcontractor, and may be enforced against the principal contractor as garnishee and the subcontractor as debtor.

The principal contractor may, upon receiving the notice provided for in § 65-10-105, be relieved, if sued, by paying the sum claimed into court, which payment into court shall discharge the principal contractor from liability to the subcontractor for the amount so paid into court…

(a) In any written contract of or for the sale of the railroad equipment or rolling stock, deliverable immediately or subsequently at stipulated periods, by the terms of which the purchase money, in whole or in part, is to be paid in the future, it may be agreed that the title to…

No railroad company shall have power to give or create any mortgage or other kind of lien on its railway property in this state, which shall be valid and binding against judgments and decrees, and executions therefrom, for timbers furnished and work and labor done on, or for dama…

The lessee of any railroad shall hold such road subject to the liens and liabilities to which it was subject in the hands of the lessor, and be bound for all payments for which the lessor was liable.

Every subcontractor, laborer, materialman, or other person who performs any part of the work in grading any railroad company's roadway, or who constructs or aids in the construction or repairs of its culverts and bridges, or furnishes cross-ties or masonry or bridge timbers for t…

To secure this direct lien, such subcontractor, laborer, materialman, or other person rendering the labor or service, shall, within ninety (90) days after such work and labor is done or completed, or such materials are furnished, or such services are rendered, notify, in writing,…

Such lien shall continue for the space of one (1) year from the service of the notice, and until the termination of any suit, commenced for the enforcement within one (1) year; and the lien shall have priority over all other liens on such railroad, its property and franchises.

The liens provided for in § 65-10-201 may be enforced by suit brought against such railroad company in the circuit or chancery court of the county where the work or material, or any part thereof, was done or furnished, or any part of the services was rendered.

The declaration or bill, as the case may be, of a plaintiff or complainant shall set out with reasonable certainty, the work done, services rendered, or materials furnished, the amount claimed therefor, the nature and substance of any contract made with such railroad company, or …

No railroad company shall have power to give or create any mortgage or other kind of lien on its railroad, its property or franchises, in this state, which shall be valid and binding against any judgments or decrees, or execution issued thereon, rendered in any of the courts in t…

Any such railroad company shall have the right to demand from any principal contractor or construction company an indemnity or refunding bond to protect it in case of the enforcement of the liens created by § 65-10-201; and in case any original contractor or construction company …