Ervin v. Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In Equity.
1Opinion of the CourtWallace, J.
The principal questions raised by the demurrers to this bill are whether the Oregon Steam Navigation Company is not an indispensable party whose absence renders the bill defective, and whether tho bill states a cause of action in equity. The substantive allegations of the bill are that at the time the several transactions complained of took place the complainants were stockholders of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, a corporation of the state of Oregon; that in 1879 that company had a capital of $5,000,000, divided into 50,000 shares, was prosperous, owned large properties, and had a…
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