Elliot v. Teal

DEADY, District Judge.

This action is brought against Samuel Tillard, to recover the south half of the donation of William and Violet W. Berry, the same being the wife’s half of claim No. 53, in township 10 south, of range 5 west of the Wallamet meridian, and containing three hundred and nineteen and ninety-one hundredths acres. Til-lard answered that he was in possession simply as the tenant of Joseph Teal, whereupon the latter on his own application was made defendant in place of the tenant On September 3,1877, the defendant Teal answered, denying the ownership of the plaintiff, and pleading…