Gale v. Troy & Boston Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Appeals from circuit court, Rensselaer county. Three actions by John B. Gale against the Troy & Boston Railroad Company. One of them was commenced in November, 1887, and the others in January, 1888. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLearned, P. J.
Two of these are actions on unpaid bonds, past due, of the defendant. The third is an action on unpaid interest of such a bond. The bonds are secured by a mortgage to trustees. The defense is that subsequently to the execution of the bonds and mortgage, and in June, 1887, a consolidation agreement was executed between the defendant and the Fitch-burgh Railroad Company, under chapter 917, Laws 1869, (the general consolidation act,) by which the two companies were consolidated under the name of the Fitch burgh Railroad Company. The defendant claims that the effect of that consolidation is such…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Janes v. Fitchburg R. Co.New York Supreme Court · 1888
3Cited by1 opinion
- Irvine v. New York Edison Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911