Oregon Supreme Court March 20, 1899 (Patterson v. Portland Smelting Works)

Mr. Justice Moore,

after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of. the court.

1. It is contended by plaintiffs’ counsel that the directors made no reasonable effort to secure a purchaser of the corporate property at private sale, and that the notice of the public sale, as published by their agents, failed to state the character of the property to be disposed of; that the tract of land upon