§ 11-50-529 — Bonds - Rights and Remedies of Bondholders

In addition to all other remedies available under this chapter or by law, any holder of any bonds issued by the corporation, including the trustee under any mortgage or deed of trust executed as security therefor, shall have the right, subject to any contractual limitations and to the prior or superior rights of others:
(1) By mandamus or other suit, action or proceeding to enforce his rights against the corporation and the board and its officers, including the right to require the fixing and collection of uniform schedules of rates and charges adequate to carry out any agreement made by the corporation as to, or pledge of, the revenues of the corporation, and to require the corporation and the board and its officers to carry out any other agreements with the holders of such bonds and the trustee;
(2) By civil action to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of the bonds or of such trustee;
(3) By civil action to obtain the appointment of a receiver of the corporation and of any utility owned or operated by it or any part or parts thereof, which receiver shall have all the powers of a receiver, including the right to enter upon and take possession of all or any part of the property of the corporation, including all franchise and other rights in connection with any thereof, and to operate and maintain the same and, under the jurisdiction of such court, to fix and collect revenues arising therefrom in such manner as the corporation might itself do.
All moneys coming into the hands of the receiver shall be deposited in a separate account or accounts and applied in accordance with the orders of such court. No such mortgage shall be subject to foreclosure to the extent that the physical properties covered thereby shall be sold thereunder.

Legislative History

(Acts 1943, No. 158, p. 142, §9.)