Service Lumber Co. v. Sumpter Valley Ry. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Baker: Dalton Biggs, Judge. In Banc. Statement by Mr. Justice Benson. This action by tbe Service & Wright Lumber Company, a corporation, against tbe Sumpter Valley Railway Company, a corporation, was begun on September 11, 1909, and after trial a judgment was duly made and entered in favor of plaintiff on November 3,1911. Thereafter an appeal was taken to this court, being perfected on April 29, 1912. On September 30, 1913, this court handed down a decision reversing…
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From Baker: Dalton Biggs, Judge. In Banc. Statement by Mr. Justice Benson. This action by tbe Service & Wright Lumber Company, a corporation, against tbe Sumpter Valley Railway Company, a corporation, was begun on September 11, 1909, and after trial a judgment was duly made and entered in favor of plaintiff on November 3,1911. Thereafter an appeal was taken to this court, being perfected on April 29, 1912. On September 30, 1913, this court handed down a decision reversing the judgment: Service Lumber Co. v. Sumpter Valley Ry. Co., 67 Or. 63 (135 Pac. 539). One of the issues raised by the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Benson
1. In the appellant’s abstract of record we find some 17 assignments of error, but we shall consider one question only, and that is as to whether or not at the time of the trial the plaintiff’s right of action.' had abated. We conclude that it had, and it remains only to give our reasons for such conclusion. The plaintiff corporation on May 6, 1907, took such steps as are prescribed by statute for a voluntary dissolution. This was done, doubtless, in order to avoid the *35burdens of annual reports and the payment of annual license fees. Section 6699, L. 0. L., is as follows:
“All corporations…
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- Thornton v. Marginal Freight Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Franklin Bank v. CooperSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1853
- Lumber Co. v. WardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1887
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- MacRae v. Kansas City Piano Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1904
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