Bennett Trust Co. v. Sengstacken
Oregon Supreme Court
From Coos: John S. Coke, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a suit by the Bennett Trust Company, a corporation and the Southern Oregon Company, a corporation, against Henry Sengstacken, J. C. Gray, W. P. Evans, E. Mingus and W. C. Harris.
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From Coos: John S. Coke, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a suit by the Bennett Trust Company, a corporation and the Southern Oregon Company, a corporation, against Henry Sengstacken, J. C. Gray, W. P. Evans, E. Mingus and W. C. Harris. The facts as disclosed by the record are as follows: At the twenty-fifth regular session of the legislative assembly of this State that body enacted a law entitled, “An act to provide for incorporation under general law of ports in counties bordering upon bays or rivers navigable from the sea, or containing bays or rivers navigable from the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
1. Except for the suggested irregularity in the organization of the board, in that such organization was completed at North Bend on May 12th instead of at Marsh-field on the 10th, within five days after the appointment of the commissioners by the Governor, the plaintiffs ground their complaint entirely on matters accruing before the county court, by its order of April 26, 1909, proclaimed the establishment of the port. Otherwise, so far as the record discloses, the proceedings were carried on and culminated in the passage of the ordinance providing for the issuance of bonds in the same manner…
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