Gulf Lines Connecting Railroad v. Golconda Northern Railway
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pope county; the Hon. A. W. Lewis, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
On March 18, 1902, the Toledo, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad Company was organized under the act providing for the incorporation of railroad companies, with a capital stock of $50,000, to construct a railroad from a point in Shelby county to a point on the Ohio river in Mas-sac county. It did not finish its railroad, or any part of it, and put the same in operation, within ten years from the time of filing its articles of association, as required by section 26 of the act under which it was incorporated, which declares that in such event the corporate existence and powers shall cease. On…
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