Railway Law in Illinois: The Relations of Railroads to the People, as Set Forth in the Constitution, the Statutes and the Decisions of Illinois; Together with the Decisions of Other States and the Federal Courts Upon the Constitutional Questions InvolvedCallaghan, 1873 - 337 pages |
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... persons ; and is distinguished from a public corporation , which is created by the government for political purposes , or whose stock is owned exclusively by the government.1 § 28. The right of a government to vest in a cor- poration ...
... persons ; and is distinguished from a public corporation , which is created by the government for political purposes , or whose stock is owned exclusively by the government.1 § 28. The right of a government to vest in a cor- poration ...
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... persons , not less than five , may form a railway company . In organizing an ordinary corporation the number must not be less than three , nor more than seven . § 41. The articles of incorporation must set forth the facts on each of the ...
... persons , not less than five , may form a railway company . In organizing an ordinary corporation the number must not be less than three , nor more than seven . § 41. The articles of incorporation must set forth the facts on each of the ...
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... persons forming the association . 7. The names of the members of the first board of directors , and in what officers or persons the government of the proposed corporation and the management of its affairs shall be vested . 8. The number ...
... persons forming the association . 7. The names of the members of the first board of directors , and in what officers or persons the government of the proposed corporation and the management of its affairs shall be vested . 8. The number ...
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... person becomes a member of the corpora- tion and as such is liable for the calls of the company . Nothing remains to be done concerning the contract except payment of the money . This may be recovered by a suit indebitatus assumpsit for ...
... person becomes a member of the corpora- tion and as such is liable for the calls of the company . Nothing remains to be done concerning the contract except payment of the money . This may be recovered by a suit indebitatus assumpsit for ...
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... persons living remote , and the actually ownership is often unknown . See second annual report Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners , Illinois , for abundant evidence of the partial inoperativeness of this feature of organic law . Gross ...
... persons living remote , and the actually ownership is often unknown . See second annual report Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners , Illinois , for abundant evidence of the partial inoperativeness of this feature of organic law . Gross ...
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Page 157 - Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 230 - The general assembly shall pass laws to correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates of freight and passenger tariffs on the different railroads in this state, and enforce such laws by adequate penalties, to the extent, if necessary for that purpose, of forfeiture of their property and franchises.
Page 52 - The rolling stock, and all other movable property belonging to any railroad company or corporation in this state shall be considered personal property, and shall be liable to execution and sale in the same manner as the personal property of individuals, and the legislature shall pass no laws exempting such property from execution and sale.
Page 158 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Page 90 - But it is not on slight implication and vague conjecture that the legislature is to be pronounced to have transcended its powers, and its acts to be considered as void. The opposition between the constitution and the law should be such that the judge feels a clear and strong conviction of their incompatibility with each other.
Page 75 - railroad corporation," contained in this act, shall be deemed and taken to mean all corporations, companies, or individuals now owning or operating, or which may hereafter own or operate any railroad, in whole or in part, in this State ; and the provisions of this act shall apply to all persons, firms, and companies, and to all associations of persons, whether incorporated or otherwise, that shall do business as common carriers upon any of the lines of railways in this State (street railways excepted)...
Page 230 - No railroad corporation shall issue any stock or bonds, except for money, labor, or property actually received and applied to the purposes for which such corporation was created, and all stock, dividends, and other fictitious increase of the capital stock or indebtedness of any such corporation shall be void.
Page 228 - Every railroad corporation organized or doing business in this state under the laws or authority thereof shall have and maintain a public office or place in this state for the transaction of its business...
Page 214 - ... or revoked, shall be entitled to another license or to carry on the business in this state of such public warehouseman, until the expiration of six months from the date of such revocation and cancellation, and until he shall have again been licensed: Provided, that this section shall not be so construed as to prevent any such warehouseman from delivering any grain on hand at the time of such revocation or cancellation of his said license. And all licenses issued in violation of the provisions...
Page 230 - The exercise of the power and the right of eminent domain shall never be so construed or abridged as to prevent the taking, by the General Assembly, of the property and franchises of incorporated companies already organized, and subjecting them to the public necessity the same as of individuals.