McMahan v. Morrison

On April 13, 1854, “ The Cincinnati, Newcastle and Michigan Railway Company,” “ The Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago Railway Company,” and “ The Cincinnati, Cambridge City and Chicago Short Line Railroad Company,” consolidated into a new corporation, styled “ The Cincinnati and Chicago Railway Company.” As the Legislature, by an act, had given its consent to such consolidation, the effect of it, under the act and terms of consolidation, was a dissolution of the three corporations named, and, at the same instant, the creation of a new corporation, with property, liabilities and stockholders…