Oregonian Ry. Co. v. Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co.

This action is 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 1862, to recover'the sum of $68,131, alleged to be due the plaintiff on a lease of its railway, in Oregon, commonly called the “Narrow Gauge” road, for the half year commencing May 15,1884. The case was before this court in December last, on a motion to strike out the second amended answer of the defendant as “frivolous and immaterial,” and for judgment on the complaint, which was…