People v. Fitchburg R.
New York Supreme Court
Case submitted on agreed statement. Action by the people of the state of New York against the Fitchburg Railroad Company. A judgment for plaintiff on a ease submitted under Code Civil Proc. § 1279, was reversed by the court of appeals, and defendant moves for an additional allowance of 5 per cent.
1Opinion of the CourtMayham, P. J.
The Troy & Boston Railroad Company, a corporation founded under the laws of the state of New York, consolidated with the Fitchburg Railroad Company, a corporation created under the laws of the state of Massachusetts, and filed their articles of consolidation in the office of the secretary of state of the state of New York. The state of New York, by its officers, claimed that such consolidated railroad company became by virtue of such consolidation liable to pay a franchise tax into the treasury of the state to the amount of $18,003.25. This claim was disputed by the railroad company, and to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kingsland v. MayorNew York Supreme Court · 1889
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