Eel River Railroad v. State ex rel. Kistler

This is a proceeding by information in the nature of quo warranto, filed by the prosecuting *232attorney of the Cass Circuit Court against appellants, seeking to forfeit the corporate existence of the Eel River Railroad Company for the alleged reason that it has leased its railroad and abandoned its corporate property and franchises to the Wabash Railroad Company, its co-appellant. Appellants are corporations organized under the laws of this State. The venue of said cause was changed to the court below, where final judgment was rendered against appellants.

It is earnestly insisted by appellants…