Pearson v. Harris
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of 'the United States for the District of Oregon. Suit in equity by William J. Harris against the English-Canadian Company, Limited; William E. Pearson, intervener. Decree for complainant, and intervener appeals.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of 'the United States for the District of Oregon. Suit in equity by William J. Harris against the English-Canadian Company, Limited; William E. Pearson, intervener. Decree for complainant, and intervener appeals. The appellee, Harris, was employed by the English-Canadian Company, Limited, an English corporation, in connection with its mining operations in Canada and British Columbia, and in the states of Oregon, Washington, and California, of the United States. From December 1, 1898, to June 13, 1900, he held the general power of attorney of the company and had…
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above).
[1] From the decision of the trial court that the mortgage executed by Mors-head in the name and on behalf of the English-Canadian Company, Limited, was invalid, Harris took no appeal, and therefore the decision in that regard must be taken as correct. It was based upon the *21conclusion that the meeting of the directors of the Company, at which the power of attorney was authorized to be executed to Morshead, under which the mortgage here in question was given, was not a legal meeting, and as a consequence that both the power and the mortgage were void. The…
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