Holladay v. Patterson

By tbe Court,

Burnett, J.:

This action was brought upon the following agreement or subscription paper, signed by the respondent herein:

“In consideration that Ben Holladay will cause the line of the Oregon and California Railroad to be located across the Willamette River within three miles of Harrisburg, and constructed thereon on the west side of such river to some point within the corporate .limits of Eugene City, and will *178establish a depot within the corporate limits of said Eugene City; and, in consideration of one dollar to each of the undersigned, paid by Ben Holladay, the receipt whereof…