Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Northern Pacific Terminal Co.

JAMES ALGER FEE, Chief Judge.

This action was brought by Wards to recover damages against fifty-seven common carriers for failure to receive from, transport, and deliver goods to Wards’ strikebound Portland establishment during an eight months period. There was a complaint filed in this case which this Court has held to be technically sufficient under the system of pleading in use in the state courts of Oregon. Motions against the complaint were reserved. An answer was filed, the motions against which were likewise reserved for decision. Many of the defenses set up by the various defendants…