Giant Powder Co. v. Oregon Western Ry. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Douglas: James W. Hamilton, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Eakin. This is a suit by the Giant Powder Company, Consolidated, against the Oregon Western Railway Company, a corporation, and the C. E. Loss Company, a corporation.
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From Douglas: James W. Hamilton, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Eakin. This is a suit by the Giant Powder Company, Consolidated, against the Oregon Western Railway Company, a corporation, and the C. E. Loss Company, a corporation. The facts are as follows: At the commencement of this suit, defendant, Oregon Western Railway Company, an Oregon corporation, was engaged in the construction of a railroad from the town of Drain, Oregon, westerly to Winchester Bay, in Douglas County, a distance of about 50 miles. The C. E. Loss Company, an incorporated construction company of California, had…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Eakin.
The mechanic’s lien law of this State, enacted in 1885 (Section 7416, L. O. L.), gives to mechanics, laborers, and materialmen liens for work or materials furnished in the construction of “any building, wharf, bridge, ditch, flume, tunnel, fence, machinery, or aqueduct, or any structure or superstructure.” On February 25, 1889, another law was enacted, section 1 of which (Section 7429, L. O. L.) provides that:
“Any and all person or persons who shall hereafter as subcontractor, materialman, or laborer furnish to any contractor to any railroad corporation any…
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