Legal Opinion
National Mercantile Co. v. Watson
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided July 27, 1914No. 6372PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Equity. Suit by the National Mercantile Company, Limited, against R. A. Watson, as Corporation Commissioner, and others.
1Opinion of the Court
WOLVERTON, District Judge.
The chief purpose of this suit is to have declared void and inoperative an act of the legislative assembly of the state of Oregon entitled “An act to protect purchasers of stocks and bonds and prevent fraud in the sale thereof; to create a corporation department,” etc., approved February 28, 1913 (Laws 1913, p. 668), and commonly known as the “Blüe Sky Law.”
The complainant is a British Columbia corporation, with its principal place of business at Vancouver, and claims to be doing a loaning business upon real estate mortgage security. It has a general agent, A. D.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cyclone Mining Co. v. Baker Light & Power Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon · 1908
- La Moine Lumber & Trading Co. v. KestersonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon · 1909
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