Multnomah County v. Willamette Towing Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Clackamas: Tiiomas A. McBride, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Bean. This is an action to recover damages caused by the steamship Almond Branch fouling the Morrison Street Bridge.
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From Clackamas: Tiiomas A. McBride, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Bean. This is an action to recover damages caused by the steamship Almond Branch fouling the Morrison Street Bridge. The Almond Branch is an English ship of 3,461 tons register, and was in Portland under charter to the Pacific Export Lumber Co. On February 19, 1901, she had taken part of a cargo of lumber at a dock south of Morrison Street, and her captain was directed by the charterer to drop down to the North .Pacific Lumber CoOs dock to receive the remainder. To do so it was necessary to pass through the draws of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bean
1. It is claimed that it was error to deny plaintiff’s motion to make the second amended answer of the defendants towing company and William Mitchell more definite and certain. • The motion sets out at length the averments which counsel desires' inserted in the pleading and which he says in his brief are “the vital portions of the two former answers, which had been purposely cut out of the secqnd amended answer by the defendants, to try to keep said second amended answer from being demurrable.” Where the allegations of a pleading are so indefinite or uncertain that the precise nature of the…
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