Page:Federal Reporter, 1st Series, Volume 5.djvu/31

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0. tt W. I. B. CO. V. h. 8. « U. S.' BT. 00. 19 �■woman, "who is of the class or race that may be lawfuUy naturalized under the existing laws, and who marries a citi- zen of the United States, is such citizen also. �Upon this construction of the act, and the assumption that the plaintiflF is a "free white person," she is a citizen of the United States, and has been ever since her marriage to Leon- ard, and there must bo a finding of fact and law for the defendant accordingly. ���0. & W. I. E. Co. V. L. S. & M. S. Bi. Co. (Bill.) �L. S. à. M. S. Ey. Co. v. C. & W. I. E. Co. �(Cross-bill.) �{Circuit Court, N. D. IlUnois. January 5, 1881.) �1. Removal— Consolidated Cobpobations — When a corporation is cre- ated by the laws of one state and then becomes Consolidated with the corporations of other states, by virtue of the laws 6i the state of its creation and Of such other states, and then changes its name and is sued by such changea natne in a court of the state where it was created by a corporation of the same state, one of the Consolidated corpora- tions created by the law of another state cannot go into such state court and have the cause removed into the federal court. — [Ed. �Lawrence, Campbell e Lawrence, for C. & W. I. E. Co. �Jas. L. High, Geo. W, Krctzinger, and C. D. Koys, for L. S. & M. S. Ey. Co. �Deummono, c. J. Under the general law of the state of Illinois, of November 5, ISeO, a corporation was created, called the Northern Indiana & Chicago Eailroad Company, to which were given the general pqwers of a railroad Com- pany by the. act of June 16, 18,52. That company, under the authority of the laws of Illinois and Indi^^na, was Consoli- dated with a railroad company of the latter .state. A consol- idation then took place between this Consolidated corporation and a railroad; company created by the laws of the state of ����