Missionary Society v. Dalles
Supreme Court of the United States
This was a bill in equity filed by Dalles City, against the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The following facts are disclosed by the pleadings and evidence : The complainant was incorporated by an act of the legislature of Oregon passed Jan. 26,1857, which was amended by an act--passed Jan. 20,' 1859. By the last-named act the boundaries of the city were established.
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This was a bill in equity filed by Dalles City, against the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The following facts are disclosed by the pleadings and evidence : The complainant was incorporated by an act of the legislature of Oregon passed Jan. 26,1857, which was amended by an act--passed Jan. 20,' 1859. By the last-named act the boundaries of the city were established. A large portion of the land within them was, in the year 1852, settled upon and occupied, not for agricultural' uses, but qs a town site for the purposes of business and trade, and it has been so occupied…
1Opinion of the Court · WoodsJustice Woods
It is clear, and does not seem to be disputed, that the title of the appellee to the fractional quarter of land described in the bill is good and valid against all the world except the appellant, the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It was acquired by virtue of an entry made at the ■proper land-office, in pursuance of the provisions of the act of May 23, 1844, e. 17, and the act of July 17,1854, c. 84. The controversy arises upon the claim of the appellant, which contends that its title is better and superior to that of the appellee.
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