Hunt v. Oregon Pac. Ry. Co.

The plaintiff, a citizen of Ohio, brings this, action against the defendant, a corporation formed under the laws of Oregon, to recover $160,Q00 damages for an alleged breach of a contract entered into by the parties on August 8, 1887, whereby the plaintiff, for a consideration therein specified, undertook to construct two sections of the defendant’s railway, on the eastern extension thereof, one of 42 miles in length, and the other of 10; the first 20 miles to be completed by November 15, 1887, the next 22 miles by April 1, 3,888, and the last 10 by May 1, 1888. The breach alleged is that the…