Any railroad company owning, leasing or operating competing railroad lines within this State in violation of law shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars for every day that such competing lines are owned, leased or operated, such penalty to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in any county through which either of such competing lines may pass by any citizen thereof who may sue for it, one half of such penalty to go to the person suing therefor and the other half to the State. But the provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to any remedy which the State may be entitled to in its own behalf.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-936; 1952 Code Section 58-937; 1942 Code Section 8461; 1932 Code Section 8478; Civ. C. '22 Section 5014; Civ. C. '12 Section 3316; Civ. C. '02 Section 2210; 1897 (22) 492.