Wardwell v. Paige

By the Court,

Watson, J.:

This suit was brought by the appellants in the circuit court for Umatilla county, to quiet their title to certain tracts of *518land situated in Umatilla city, in said county, and for a conveyance to them of any title appellants might have acquired therein. The circuit court rendered a deer pro forma, for the respondents, as it is understood, to facilitate an appeal and the final determination of the cause in this court.

Appellants claim through intermediate conveyances from Jesse S. Lurchin, who, they allege, obtained title to the premises, as a pre-emptor, under certain…