Gager v. Henry

HEADY, District Judge.

This action is brought to recover the possession of the undivided half of fifty-one and eighty-two one hundredths acres of land situate in the northwestern corner of the donation of Joel Perkins and Laura Ann his wife, in Yamhill county. It was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury. There is no conflict in the evidence and the material facts are as follows: That in 1S47 Joel Perkins occupied the premises, and prior to 1851 became a married man and a settler thereon under section 4 of the donation act of September 27, 1S50 (9 Stat 497), and prior to 1S55…