Pennsylvania Co. v. Sedwick

— In this action, the appellee was the plaintiff, and the appellant was the defendant, in the court below.

In his complaint, the appellee alleged, in substance, that the appellant, “ a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Pennsylvania,” was, on and before the 5th day of April, 1878, and had ever since been, the lessee of a certain railroad, known as the Pittsburgh, Et. Wayne and Chicago Railway, extending from the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, through the States of Indiana and Ohio and parts of the States of Illinois and Pennsylvania,…