Shaver v. Adams
Oregon Supreme Court
From Clackamas : Thos. A. McBride,’Judge. This is a suit by George W. Shaver against W. D. Adams to ascertain and establish the dividing line between contiguous lands. The facts are that on June 29, 1880, plaintiff, being the owner in fee of the Hugh Gordon donation land claim, in Clackamas County, Oregon, conveyed to one Laramie Mayer one square acre thereof, situated in the southeast corner, excepting therefrom two tracts which had theretofore been conveyed.
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From Clackamas : Thos. A. McBride,’Judge. This is a suit by George W. Shaver against W. D. Adams to ascertain and establish the dividing line between contiguous lands. The facts are that on June 29, 1880, plaintiff, being the owner in fee of the Hugh Gordon donation land claim, in Clackamas County, Oregon, conveyed to one Laramie Mayer one square acre thereof, situated in the southeast corner, excepting therefrom two tracts which had theretofore been conveyed. The defendant owns the tract so conveyed to Mayer,' and a controversy has arisen respecting its north boundary, growing out of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
The original stake set by the government surveyor to evidence the southeast corner of the Hugh Gordon donation land claim having been lost or destroyed, the relocation of the point at which said stake was so placed is the pivotal question presented by this suit. The evidence shows that such point is also the' southwest corner of the Mathias Sweigle, the northwest corner of the William Engle, and the northeast corner of the James Larkins, donation land claims. County roads running in the direction of the cardinal points of the compass cross at this point, and, several buildings having been…
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