Wright v. Ryder
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The California Steam Navigation Company is and has been for many years a corporation organized under the laws of California for navigating the Pacific Ocean and the waters of the State of California, with boats or vessels in whole or in part propelled by steam.
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Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The California Steam Navigation Company is and has been for many years a corporation organized under the laws of California for navigating the Pacific Ocean and the waters of the State of California, with boats or vessels in whole or in part propelled by steam. The Oregon Steam Navigation Company has also for several years been a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Oregon for the purpose of engaging “in the navigation, by steam or otherwise, of the Columbia'River from its mouth to the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Crockett, J. :
There are but two points presented on this appeal for our decision, to wit: First—Whether or not the covenants of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company to the California Steam Navigation Company, and the conditions in the bill of sale from the Oregon Steam Navigation Company to Winsor, and the bond of Winsor and others to said last named company, are void, as being in restraint of trade and against public policy; and Second—If they be conceded to be valid, *357whether or not they can he enforced as against the defendant or against the steamer Hew World in his hands.
The…
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