...by such corporation in the exercise of its franchises. No railroad corporation shall consolidate its stock, property or franchises with any other railroad...case shall any consolidation take place except upon at least sixty days' public notice to all stockholders in such manner as shall be provided by law....

...common carrier owning a parallel or competing property without permission of the Railway Commission ; and in no case shall any consolidation take place except upon public notice of at least sixty days to all stockholders, in such manner as may l>e provided by law. The legislature...

...provision of the Illinois constitution which prohibits any railroad corporation from consolidating its stock, property or franchises with any other railroad corporation owning a parallel or competing line, or without violating an act of the Illinois legislature, approved June 30, 1885, which contains a proviso...

...provision of the Illinois constitution which prohibits any railroad corporation from consolidating its stock, property, or franchises with any other railroad corporation owning a parallel or competing line, or without violating an act of the Illinois Legislature, approved June 30, 1885, which contains a proviso...

...by the committee on corporations reads as follows : "No railroad corporation shall consolidate its stock, property, or franchises with any other railroad...sixty days, to all stockholders, in such manner as shall be provided by law. "Nor shall any such corporation lease any parallel or competing line of road,...

...common carrier owning a parallel or competing property without permission of the Railway Commission; and in no case shall any consolidation take place except upon public notice of at least sixty days to all stockholders, in such manner as may be provided by law. The Legislature...

...Constitution requires that "in no case shall any consolidation take place except upon public notiee of at least sixty days to all stockholders, in such manner as may be provided by law." No such notice has been given by the companies involved. Approval of consolidation will lie subject to...

...published for nine successive weeks: Provided, that railroad corporations shall not consolidate their stock, property or franchises with any other railroad...corporation owning a parallel or competing line." 1 Starr & C. Ann. St. p. G26. The act creating the statutory liability is entitled "An act in relation...

...rendered practically inoperative. Section 11 provides: "No railroad corporation shall consolidate its stock, property or franchises with any other railroad...all stockholders in such manner as may be provided by law." This provision was eminently proper at the time of its adoption. Upon the enactment of the...

...PROVISIONS Railroads Const, section 141 provides that no railroad corporation shall consolidate its stock, property, or franchises with any other railroad corporation owning a parallel or competing line. Any attempt to evade the provisions of this section by any railroad corporation, by lease or otherwise,...