Powell v. Oregonian Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
In Equity. On demurrer to bill. Suit to enforce the debt of a corporation against a stockholder.
1Opinion of the CourtDeady, J.
This suit is brought by .the plaintiff, a citizen of Oregon, against the defendant, a British corporation having its principal office in *727Dundee, Scotland, to enforce tbe payment of a judgment heretofore obtained by him against the Dayton, Sheridan & Grand Round Railway Company, to-wit, on April 8, 1887, for the sum of 15,800.
It is alleged in the bill'that the Dayton, Sheridan & Grand Round Railway Company is a corporation formed under the laws of Oregon, with a capital stock of 2,000 shares, of the par value of $100 each; that Joseph Gaston, under the name of J. Gaston & Co., subscribed 1,000…
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