Tacoma Mill Co. v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

Negotiations initiated September 2, 1887, by respondent’s predecessor, Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and carried on between it and appellant, resulted in an agreement and deed to the railroad company for a right of way through appellant’s premises. The original agreement was drawn up in writing and, passing from hand to hand and from party to party, was mislaid and lost a number of times before it was fully executed by the signatures of both original parties. Subsequent negotiations were had from time to time, during many years, to restore the original agreement, which finally culminated…