People v. New York, Chicago & St. Loius Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Case submitted on agreed statement of facts. Proceedings against the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company to determine the liability of defendant to pay the organization tax imposed by Laws N. Y. 1886, c. 143.
1Opinion of the CourtLearned, P. J.
On June 22,1887, a railroad corporation was formed under tlie general railroad act of this state called the “New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company,” with a capital of $4,500,000; which, to distinguish it from other corporations of the same name, will be called “No. 3.” It paid its organization tax. On August 15, 1887, said New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company No. 3 entered into a consolidation agreement under the statutes of New York, with the Erie & State Line Railroad Company, a corporation under the laws of Pennsylvania, by which the two corporations were consolidated…
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