Conroy v. Oregon Construction Co.

This action is brought by the plaintiff, a citizen of California, against the defendant, a corporation formed under the laws of Oregon, to recover §50,000 damages, for injuries to his person sustained while in the employ of the defendant. The action was commenced on November 12,1884. The complaint alleges that “on or about” November 13, 1882, the plaintiff, while in the employ of the defendant as foreman of a gang of Chinese laborers, engaged in the construction of the railway known as the “Oregon Short Line,” near Meacham’s station, in this state, was ordered by George Gray, a person in the…