Legal Opinion

King v. Brigham

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided December 12, 1892PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Multnomah County: E. D. Shattuck, Judge. Plaintiff appeals. This was a suit brought by Amos N. King against J. R. Bingham and C. H. Carey (who was substituted for A. D. Tufts), to quiet title. Plaintiff claimed by adverse possession for the statutory period.

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Multnomah County: E. D. Shattuck, Judge. Plaintiff appeals. This was a suit brought by Amos N. King against J. R. Bingham and C. H. Carey (who was substituted for A. D. Tufts), to quiet title. Plaintiff claimed by adverse possession for the statutory period. Defendants denied both plaintiff’s title and Ms adverse possession, and for-an affirmative answer pleaded (1) title in themselves by a chain, of conveyances from the United States; (2) adverse possessionfor ten years; and (3) a prior adjudication of the title to this property in a former suit wherein all the present parties were…

1Opinion of the CourtLord, C. J.

This is a suit by Amos N. King against J. R. Brigham and C. H. Carey to quiet title to the strip of land lying immediately east of the eastern boundary of the plaintiff’s donation land claim as established by this court in the suit of A. N. King v. Brigham et al. 19 Or. 560 (25 Pac. Rep. 150), and within the contiguous donation land claim of one Lownsdale, in the city of Portland. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff has had adverse possession of the premises for ten years last past, and that the defendants wrongfully claim an interest in the same. . The answer denies that the' plaintiff…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Love v. MorrillOregon Supreme Court · 1890
  2. King v. BrighamOregon Supreme Court · 1890
  3. West Hartford Ecclesiastical Society v. First Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1868

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Norgard v. Busher Et UxOregon Supreme Court · 1960
  2. Sommer v. ComptonOregon Supreme Court · 1908
  3. Goodman v. CarrollSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  4. Dunnigan v. WoodOregon Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Krause v. NolteIllinois Supreme Court · 1905

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