Legal Opinion

Cartwright v. Southern Pac. Co.

District Court, D. Oregon

Decided July 21, 1913No. 3,669PublishedCited by 8 opinions

In Equity. Suit by J. R. Cartwright against the Southern Pacific Company. On final hearing.

1Opinion of the Court

BEAN, District Judge.

This case was submitted some months ago. Its decision has been delayed waiting briefs which the court understood counsel desired to file. No briefs have been submitted, and, as more than a reasonable time for filing the same has elapsed, it is assumed that none will be.

The suit was commenced in June, 1910, to enjoin and restrain the defendant company from maintaining four certain dikes in the Willamette River above the Harrisburg Bridge, erected by it in 1905, and for damages on account thereof.

Before the construction of the dikes the river made quite a sharp turn to the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1872
  2. Hicks v. DrewCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
  3. United States v. BernardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1913
  4. Morton v. Oregon Short Line Ry. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. MoseleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1908

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Jicarilla Apache Tribe v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
  2. Fisk v. LeithOregon Supreme Court · 1931
  3. Ure v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1950
  4. Standard Fashion Co. v. Magrane Houston Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1919
  5. Reese v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1947

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