Legal Opinion
Prouty v. . Lake S. and Mich. S.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 1, 1873PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] In so far as the property formerly of the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Company is concerned, the present consolidated company is the successor of the former company; but in respect to the properties of the other companies, which have joined in the consolidation, it is a new and independent company as to the creditors of the old Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Company, and they have no claim upon such new company under their…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Boardman v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Wright v. Syracuse, O. & N. Y. RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- Barwin Realty Co. v. H. Batterman Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- Chase v. VanderbiltThe Superior Court of New York City · 1874