§ 82-2-208

82-2-208. Right-of-way to commence upon payment of assessed damages. Upon the payment of the sum assessed as damages and all costs to the persons to whom it is awarded or the payment of the same to the clerk for the use of such person, plaintiff is entitled to the right-of-way and may immediately proceed to occupy the same and to erect thereon such works and structures and make therein such excavations as may be necessary to the use and enjoyment of the right-of-way so awarded. History: En. Sec. 8, p. 599, Cod. Stat. 1871, on Jan. 12, 1872; re-en. Sec. 893, 5th Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 1502, Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. and re-en. Sec. 3637, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2304, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7389, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7389, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 50-808.