Legal Opinion
Oregonian Ry. Co. v. Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co.
United States Circuit Court
Decided April 16, 1886No. 1120; No. 1120; No. 1178; No. 1179PublishedCited by 9 opinions
At Law.
1Opinion of the CourtDeady, J.
These actions are brought by the plaintiff, a corporation alleged to have been formed in Great Britain under the companies act of 1862, against the defendant, a corporation formed under the Oregon corporation act of the same year. They are brought on the covenants in a lease alleged to have been executed on August 1, 1881, by which the former demised to the latter its railway in Oregon for the term of 96 years, upon a rental to be paid in advance, in semi-annual installments, of $68,131, on May 15th, and November 11th, together with the further sum, at the same times, of $1,159.95 for the…
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