Meldrim v. Trustees of Trinity Church

Simmons, Chief Justice.

In June, 1869, The Central Railroad & Banking Company of Georgia leased the property of The Southwestern Railroad Company for and during the entire corporate existence of -the latter company under its charter. The lease-was to go into effect on the 1st day of December, 1869, and thereafter The Central R. R. & B. Co. was to exercise all rights, privileges and control which The Southwestern R. R. Co. previously had, and also to receive and dispose of all the earnings of The Southwestern R. R. Co., and to merge 'the same with the earnings of The Central R. R. & Bkg. Co.,…