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LOUISVILLE &C. R'Y CO. v. LOUISVILLE TRUST CO.

Nos. 29, 30.

174 U.S. 552 (1899)

19 S.Ct. 817

43 L.Ed. 1081

LOUISVILLE, NEW ALBANY & CHICAGO RAILWAY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. LOUISVILLE TRUST COMPANY. LOUISVILLE, NEW ALBANY & CHICAGO RAILWAY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. LOUISVILLE BANKING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 15, 1899.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.C. Field and Mr. G.W. Kretzinger for petitioner. Mr. James S. Pirtle was on their brief.

Mr. St. John Boyle and Mr. Swagar Sherley for the Louisville Trust Company and the Louisville Banking Company.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff, the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway Company, undoubtedly became a corporation of the State of Indiana in 1873 by its incorporation according to the general statute of 1865 of that State.

Whether it afterwards became a corporation of the State of Kentucky also was strongly contested at the bar, and depends upon the legal effect of the statute of...

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