(610 ILCS 5/17) (from Ch. 114, par. 18)
Sec. 17.
If any such corporation shall be unable to agree with the owner
for the purchase of any real estate required for the purposes of its
incorporation, or the transaction of its business, or for its depots,
station buildings, machine and repair shops, or for right of way or any
other lawful purpose connected with or necessary to the building, operating
or running of said road, such corporation may acquire such title in the
manner that may be now or hereafter provided for by any law of eminent
domain.
(Source: Laws 1871, p. 625.)
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