Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. v. Oregonian Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE- CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON. The case, as stated by tbe court in its opinion, was as follows : This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon.
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ERROR TO THE- CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON. The case, as stated by tbe court in its opinion, was as follows : This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon. The Oregonian Kailway Company, Limited, recovered a. judgment against the Oregon Kailway and Navigation Company for'the sum of $68,131, on a contract for the lease of a railroad owned by the plaintiff in the suit,-which had been leased to and used by the defendant. This sum was for the-semi-annual payment of rent, in advance, for the half year beginning May…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
The two questions presented on this demurrer, and the only ones necessary to be considered, are:
First. Whether the plaintiff, the Oregonian Bailway Company, Limited, organized under the laws of Great Britain, *20with such aid as the statute of Oregon gives to it in reference to business done, in that State, had the power to lease its railroad to the defendant company ;■ and,. Second. Whether the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, the defendant in the action, organized under' the laws of the State of Oregon, had the legal capacity and lawful power to make said lease on its part.
Although the…
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