Newby v. Oregon Cent. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
[This was a bill in equity by James B. Newby against the Oregon Central Railway Company, George L. Woods, E. N. Cooke. J. H. Douthitt, J. R. Moores, Thomas M. F. Patton, John H. Moores, Jacob Courser, A. Laurence Lovejoy, F. A. Chenoweth, Stuke-ley Ellsworth, • Stephen F. Chadwick, John E. Ross, J. H. D. Henderson, John F. Miller, Absalom F. Hedges, Samuel B. Parrish, and Green B. Smith.]
1Opinion of the Court
DEADY, District Judge.
This suit is brought to enjoin the defendants from using the name “The Oregon Central Railway Co.” and from issuing bonds bearing said name. It was commenced on February 9, 1869. The defendants on April 5, filed ten exceptions to the complainant 'for impertinence, which exceptions, after arguments by counsel, were disallowed on April 12th thereafter. On May 3, 1869, the defendant corporation demurred to the complaint, as did the other defendants, by a separate and similar demurrer. On May 15 and 22 the demurrer was argued by counsel and the cause submitted to the court…
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