City of Chicago v. Cameron
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. Charles Blanchard, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
The La Salle and Chicago Railroad Company was incorporated, in 1867, for the construction of a railroad from La Salle to Chicago. The act of incorporation authorized the company to borrow money, to issue bonds, to sell them at such price as they should bring, and to mortgage its property and franchises to secure the payment of the bonds. It provided that the affairs of the company should be managed by a board of directors. In 1872 the name of the corporation was changed to the Chicago and Great Western Railroad Company. On the first day of March, 1873, the directors of the company, by…
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