Sweeney v. McLeod

The material portions of the complaint in this action are as follows: That on the twelfth day of December, 1886, the defendants employed plaintiff as their agent, to procure evidence to, be submitted to the legislature of the State of Oregon, which was soon thereafter to convene, or to such committee of said legislature as might be appointed to investigate the subject, that the method of taking salmon fish by means of fish-wheels at the fishery of the defendants at Celilo, Oregon, was not detrimental to the salmon fishing interests of the State, and was not more destructive of fish than other…