§ 8-4-14-1 — Authority for reorganization

Indiana § 8-4-14-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 4: ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF
• Ch. 14: Reorganization of Railroads After Sale

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(a) In case of the sale of any railroad and its
property, under or by the authority of any competent court or courts
(part of which railroad may be situate within the state of Indiana and
part situate in an adjoining state, and embraced in the mortgage or
mortgages or deed or deeds of trust), it may be sold at one (1) time and
place, as an entirety, at such point on the line of said railroad, either
within or without the state, and upon such notice, as the court or courts
ordering such sale may direct.
(b) In case of the reorganization of any railroad and its property
under or by the authority of any competent court or courts of the United
States in a proceeding for the reorganization of a railroad pursuant to
Regional Rail Reorganization Act (11 U.S.C. 101(33), 1163, and 1166
et seq.), the corporation to which all or any part of said railroad and its
property may be transferred by or pursuant to an appropriate order or
decree of said court or courts may be a corporation organized under
this chapter and having all of the powers, rights, privileges, immunities,
and franchises provided in this chapter.
(c) This chapter is hereby declared to apply to and embrace any and
all sales or purchases of railroads, their franchises, rights, and
privileges, under judicial degrees, or judgments of any of the courts of
the state of Indiana, or of the United States, at any time, whether said
sale under such decrees or judgments, may have occurred before or
after March 6, 1945.
Formerly: Acts 1945, c.202, s.1. As amended by P.L.62-1984,
SEC.66.