17:27-5.4 - Transfer of all rights, franchises and interests to resulting corporation; obligations and liabilities; actions not to abate - New-jersey Statutes

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17:27-5.4. Transfer of all rights, franchises and interests to resulting corporation; obligations and liabilities; actions not to abate
Upon such merger or consolidation, all the rights, franchises, and interests of the corporations so merging or consolidating in and to every species of property and things in action belonging to them, or either of them, shall be deemed to be transferred to and vest in the corporation resulting from such merger or consolidation, without any other deed or transfer, and the merged or consolidated corporation shall hold and enjoy the same to the same extent as if the merging or consolidating corporations, or either of them, had continued to retain their titles and transact business. The merged or consolidated corporation shall succeed to all the obligations and liabilities of the merging or consolidating corporations, or either of them, and shall be held liable to pay and discharge all such debts and liabilities in the same manner as though they had been incurred or contracted by it. The members of the merging or consolidating corporations shall continue subject to all the liabilities, claims and demands, existing against such corporations, or either of them, before such merger or consolidation took place. Any action or proceeding pending at the time of the consummation of the merger or consolidation in which either or all of the merging or consolidating corporations may be a party, shall not abate or discontinue by reason of the merger or consolidation, but the same may be prosecuted to final judgment in the same manner as if the merger or consolidation had not taken place; or the merged or consolidated corporation may be substituted in place of any corporation involved in such merger or consolidation by order of the court in which the action or proceeding may be pending.

L.1956, c. 149, p. 617, s. 4.

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17:27-5.4. Transfer of all rights, franchises and interests to resulting corporation; obligations and liabilities; actions not to abate
Upon such merger or consolidation, all the rights, franchises, and interests of the corporations so merging or consolidating in and to every species of property and things in action belonging to them, or either of them, shall be deemed to be transferred to and vest in the corporation resulting from such merger or consolidation, without any other deed or transfer, and the merged or consolidated corporation shall hold and enjoy the same to the same extent as if the merging or consolidating corporations, or either of them, had continued to retain their titles and transact business. The merged or consolidated corporation shall succeed to all the obligations and liabilities of the merging or consolidating corporations, or either of them, and shall be held liable to pay and discharge all such debts and liabilities in the same manner as though they had been incurred or contracted by it. The members of the merging or consolidating corporations shall continue subject to all the liabilities, claims and demands, existing against such corporations, or either of them, before such merger or consolidation took place. Any action or proceeding pending at the time of the consummation of the merger or consolidation in which either or all of the merging or consolidating corporations may be a party, shall not abate or discontinue by reason of the merger or consolidation, but the same may be prosecuted to final judgment in the same manner as if the merger or consolidation had not taken place; or the merged or consolidated corporation may be substituted in place of any corporation involved in such merger or consolidation by order of the court in which the action or proceeding may be pending.

L.1956, c. 149, p. 617, s. 4.

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17:27-5.4. Transfer of all rights, franchises and interests to resulting corporation; obligations and liabilities; actions not to abate
Upon such merger or consolidation, all the rights, franchises, and interests of the corporations so merging or consolidating in and to every species of property and things in action belonging to them, or either of them, shall be deemed to be transferred to and vest in the corporation resulting from such merger or consolidation, without any other deed or transfer, and the merged or consolidated corporation shall hold and enjoy the same to the same extent as if the merging or consolidating corporations, or either of them, had continued to retain their titles and transact business. The merged or consolidated corporation shall succeed to all the obligations and liabilities of the merging or consolidating corporations, or either of them, and shall be held liable to pay and discharge all such debts and liabilities in the same manner as though they had been incurred or contracted by it. The members of the merging or consolidating corporations shall continue subject to all the liabilities, claims and demands, existing against such corporations, or either of them, before such merger or consolidation took place. Any action or proceeding pending at the time of the consummation of the merger or consolidation in which either or all of the merging or consolidating corporations may be a party, shall not abate or discontinue by reason of the merger or consolidation, but the same may be prosecuted to final judgment in the same manner as if the merger or consolidation had not taken place; or the merged or consolidated corporation may be substituted in place of any corporation involved in such merger or consolidation by order of the court in which the action or proceeding may be pending.

L.1956, c. 149, p. 617, s. 4.