Oregon City v. Oregon & Cal. Railroad
Oregon Supreme Court
From Clackamas: Thomas A. McBride, Judge. This is a suit by Oregon City against the Oregon & California Railroad Company to determine an adverse claim to real estate.
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From Clackamas: Thomas A. McBride, Judge. This is a suit by Oregon City against the Oregon & California Railroad Company to determine an adverse claim to real estate. In 1844 Dr. John McLoughlin, who had previously settled upon a tract of land on the east side of the river at the Willamette Falls, afterwards known and designated in the donation act and the records of the general government as the “ Oregon City Claim,” laid out the town of Oregon City on a portion of the claim lying next to and extending back from the river about 1,300 feet, by causing it to be surveyed into blocks, lots,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
1. McLoughlin never acquired title to the land in question, but his map or plat of Oregon City was recognized by the Government of the United States and the State of Oregon in confirming title to the purchasers from him, and by Harvey and wife after they had acquired the title, by selling and disposing of lots and blocks as laid out and platted thereon. It is well settled that, where the owner *176of land exhibits a map or plat of a town thereon, showing lots, blocks, streets, and other public ways, and sells and makes deeds of conveyance by reference thereto, he thereby dedicates to the public…
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