Legal Opinion

Wood v. Fisk

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided June 27, 1904PublishedCited by 8 opinions

From Wallowa: Robert Eakin, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. In September, 1902, the defendant Richard M. Fisk brought an action in the circuit court of Wallowa County against John A. and Clarissa T. Wood, the plaintiffs, to recover possession of certain real property, with damages for withholding the same.

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From Wallowa: Robert Eakin, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. In September, 1902, the defendant Richard M. Fisk brought an action in the circuit court of Wallowa County against John A. and Clarissa T. Wood, the plaintiffs, to recover possession of certain real property, with damages for withholding the same. The plaintiffs answered, and at the same time filed a complaint in equity in the nature of a cross-bill, setting up facts which they insisted required the interposition of a court of equity and were material to their defense in the action at law. A demurrer to this cross-bill was…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean

The allegations of the cross-bill, in substance, are that in 1896, one S. A. Miles recovered a judgment against the defendant M. Fisk in the circuit court for Gilliam County *278for the sum of $1,322.02, besides attorney’s fees and costs ; that the judgment was entered in the judgment lien docket of that county, but the time “when docketed” was not stated therein; that a transcript of the lien docket was filed with the county clerk of Wallowa County on July 2,-1900, and at that time the defendant M. Fisk was the owner of the real property in controversy; that on the 9th of July, 1900, after the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. South Portland Land Co. v. MungerOregon Supreme Court · 1900
  2. Judson v. LyfordCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Potter v. AdamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
  4. Fire Ass'n v. AllesinaOregon Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Thompson v. BakerSupreme Court of the United States · 1891

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Kearney v. Oregon R. & N. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Cole v. Willow River Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Clark v. City of SalemOregon Supreme Court · 1912
  4. Dee v. FosterHawaii Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Fellman v. Tidewater Mill Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1915

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