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Shaw v. Covington, 194 U.S. 593 (1904)
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Shaw v. Covington, 194 U.S. 593 (1904)
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Shaw v. Covington No. 218 Argued April 22, 25, 1904 Decided May 31, 1904 194 U.S. 593
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
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Corporations having consolidated under a state statute providing that, on the recording of the agreement, the separate existence of the constituent corporations should cease and become a single corporation subject to the provisions of that law, and other laws relating to such a corporation, and should be vested with all the property, business, credits, assets and effects of the constituent companies, and one of the corporations claimed to possess an exclusive franchise to furnish water to a city under which the city could not for a period erect its own works, and the constitution and laws of the state at the time of the consolidation, but passed after the franchise was granted, prohibited the granting of such exclusive privileges.
Held that, on the consolidation, the original corporations disappeared and the franchises of the consolidated corporation were left to be determined by the general law as it existed at the time of the consolidation, and the corporation did not succeed to the right of the original company to exclude the city from erecting its own plant.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Shaw v. Covington, 194 U.S. 593 (1904) in 194 U.S. 593 194 U.S. 596. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9KEUSJXW7AWIJZH.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Shaw v. Covington, 194 U.S. 593 (1904), in 194 U.S. 593, page 194 U.S. 596. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9KEUSJXW7AWIJZH.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Shaw v. Covington, 194 U.S. 593 (1904). cited in 1904, 194 U.S. 593, pp.194 U.S. 596. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9KEUSJXW7AWIJZH.
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