{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-42","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, § 42","heading":"Corporation consolidated with one in another state; unauthorized capital stock increase","body":"Section 42. If a railroad corporation owning a railroad in this commonwealth and consolidated with a corporation owning a railroad in another state increases its capital stock, or the capital stock of such consolidated corporation, except as authorized by this chapter or chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, without authority of the general court, or without such authority extends its line of railroad, or consolidates with any other corporation, or makes a stock dividend, the charter and franchise of such corporation shall be subject to forfeiture.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 160"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter160/Section42","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:46Z","sha256":"9dedae71113dceac06ea72bdd078ffb4f0f408524d6ba185fbe5b77c1735af34","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-41","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-43"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}