Oregon, California & Eastern Railway Co. v. Blackmer

Plaintiff owns and operates a railroad running from the city of Klamath Falls in an easterly direction for a distance of about 65 miles to the town of Bly, all in Klamath county, Oregon. The stock of said company is owned by the Southern Pacific Company and the Great Northern Railway Company in equal amounts. Said road is managed by the joint owners alternating yearly, but functions as a separate and independent corporation, making its own tariffs, keeping its own audits and rents most of its equipment from the owner who is operating it for the time being. The company is organized as a…