No person or persons, and no industrial corporation not incorporated as a common carrier under the laws of this or some other state, and not holding himself, or itself, out as such common carrier, owning or operating industrial railroad tracks in connection with any industry in this state, shall be held or construed to be a common carrier by virtue of, or because of, the hauling of materials or supplies for others upon such industrial tracks, either free or under private contract for compensation for such service, and any and all contracts made for such service shall be lawful.
History: Laws 1921, ch. 191, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 116-801; 1941 Comp., § 74-340; 1953 Comp., § 69-3-42.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For private contracts of railroad without liability as common carrier, see 63-4-9 NMSA 1978.