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OREGON RAILWAY CO. v. OREGONIAN R'Y CO.

No. 26.

130 U.S. 1 (1889)

9 S.Ct. 409

32 L.Ed. 837

OREGON RAILWAY AND NAVIGATION COMPANY, v. OREGONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued May 1, 1888.

Decided March 5, 1889.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.N. Dolph and Mr. James C. Carter for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Sidney Bartlett also filed a brief for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Attorney General and Mr. George F. Edmunds (with whom was Mr. Edmund Robertson on the brief) for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The two questions presented on this demurrer, and the only ones necessary to be considered, are:

First. Whether the plaintiff, the Oregonian Railway Company, Limited, organized under the laws of Great Britain, with such aid as the statute of Oregon gives to it in reference to business done in that State, had the power to...

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