Van Dresser v. Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington
At Law. Action for damages for personal injuries by Elmer L. Van Dresser against the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, the Oregon Short Line & Utah & Northern Railway Company, and the Union Pacific Railway Company. On pleas to the jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the CourtHanford, J.
The Oregon Railway & Navigation Company is a corporation created and existing under the laws of the state of Oregon, and is the owner of a line of railway in this state, which is being operated pursuant to a lease thereof by the Oregon Short Line & Utah & Northern Railway Company, a corporation created by an act of congress, having its principal office at Cheyenne, in the state of Wyoming. The Union Pacific Railway Company is also a corporation created by'an act of congress, having its principal office at Boston, in the state of Massa*203chusetts, and is connected with the other corporations by…
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