Baines v. Coos Bay Navigation Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Coos: James W. Hamilton, Judge. Action by W. E. Baines against the Coos Bay, Roseburg & Eastern Railroad and Navigation Company, on sundry promissory notes. The court directed a verdict for defendant, from which plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Moore
This is a second appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment rendered against him for costs and disbursements upon a verdict returned in pursuance of instructions. The question involved is whether the testimonj^ taken at the trial was sufficient to be submitted to the jury as tending to show that the general manager of a railroad company possessed implied power to execute on its behalf promissory notes evidencing debts claimed to have been incurred by it in the legitimate exercise of its business ; and the chief error relied upon is the action of the court in charging the jury to find for the…
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