MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a suit in equity to charge the defendant, the National Steamship Company, with the payment of a judgment recovered against another company, known as the National Steam Navigation Company. Both of the companies were English corporations, formed under the English statute, known as the Companies Act of 1862. The National Steam Navigation Company continued in business until August 15, 1867, when it went into...
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