Huson v. Portland & Southeastern Railway Co.

Appellants contend in substance: (1) That plaintiff’s complaint does not state a cause of suit, and the evidence does not prove a cause of suit. (2) That Lynott at no time promised to give Huson or Munly an interest in the project. (3) That such alleged parol promises are within the statute of frauds. (4) That the court had no power or jurisdiction to decree that a stockholders’ meeting of the *207Railway Company be held. (5) That the court had no power under the law and the evidence, to decree that the written contract which Lynott gave to Denny, was an absolute conveyance to Denny of a one…