§ 8-4-1-0.3 “Corporation”
§ 8-4-1-0.5 “Rail carrier”
§ 8-4-1-0.6 “Railroad”
§ 8-4-1-1 Incorporation
§ 8-4-1-2 Shareholders; preemptive rights
§ 8-4-1-3 Articles of association; filing with secretary of state
§ 8-4-1-4 Subscriptions to the stock
§ 8-4-1-5 Shareholders; annual meeting; directors, election, and term
§ 8-4-1-6 Meetings of shareholders; notice; requisites
§ 8-4-1-7 Meetings of shareholders; annual report; removal of officers
§ 8-4-1-8 Directors; elections; president and other officers; appointment or election
§ 8-4-1-9 Stock subscriptions; demands for payment
§ 8-4-1-10 By-laws; officers and employees; appointment and duties
§ 8-4-1-11 Stock certificates; issuance and transfer
§ 8-4-1-12 Certificate of capitalization
§ 8-4-1-13 Maps and route profile; filing
§ 8-4-1-14 General powers and duties; enumeration
§ 8-4-1-15 Eminent domain; right to acquire title
§ 8-4-1-16 Eminent domain; damages; appraisals; appeals
§ 8-4-1-17 Eminent domain; conflicting claimants to compensation; judicial determination
§ 8-4-1-18 Eminent domain; court appointed attorney for absentees or persons unknown
§ 8-4-1-19 Eminent domain; stay of proceedings; perfecting defective title
§ 8-4-1-20 Financing of operations; loans and issue of security
§ 8-4-1-21 Alteration in lines
§ 8-4-1-22 Railroad crossings; grade separation
§ 8-4-1-23 Public lands; acquisition; location upon grounds of state institutions
§ 8-4-1-24 Employees; identification badges
§ 8-4-1-25 State lien for penalties, taxes, and dues
§ 8-4-1-31 Maps and profiles; certificates of proposed line; filing
§ 8-4-1-32 Failure to complete road; voiding of corporation
§ 8-4-1-34 Amendment or repeal of chapter
§ 8-4-1-35 Stockholders; personal liability for labor
lawyer at desk

Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 8 > Article 4 > Chapter 1 - Incorporation of Railroad Companies

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • corporation: includes a foreign corporation, partnership, or limited liability company authorized to do business in Indiana. See Indiana Code 8-4-1-0.3
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mentally incompetent: means of unsound mind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • rail carrier: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 8-4-1-0.5
  • railroad: includes a rail carrier. See Indiana Code 8-4-1-0.6
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5