Lonsdale, C., Corp. v. International, C., Co.

While the matter to be decided was heard on the return of an order to show cause, all parties have agreed and stipulated in open court, not only that the above-entitled causes should be consolidated and argued and heard together, but each one also agrees that it shall be decided as if on final hearing, so that an appeal may be prosecuted and submitted to the court of errors and appeals within the shortest possible space of time and the issues raised put at rest once and for all.

In 1893 the defendant's predecessor was incorporated in this state and entered upon the shipping business in a…