Beck v. Lane County

At the close of plaintiffs’ case the trial court granted an involuntary nonsuit on motion of defendant’s counsel, based upon the reasons, first, that the complaint fails to state a cause of action, as it fails to describe the easement; second, that it shows the easement was by and with the consent of the Willamette Pacific Railroad Company, the railroad which received the conveyance from Charles B. Morgan, and that the evidence does not support the complaint.

The complaint describes the plaintiffs’ land and also describes the right of way, which is a branch line, extending from Eugene to…