Lamb v. Starr
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
[This is a suit in equity for partition of certain real estate in the city of Portland, Oregon, brought by John R. Lamb and Emma, his wife, and Ida Squires, heirs of Nancy Lownsdale and D. H. Lownsdale, against Lewis M. Starr and the heirs other than plaintiff of D. H. Lownsdale, to wit, J. P. O. Lownsdale, Millard O. Lownsdale (by guardian), Ruth A. Lownsdale (by guardian), Mary E. Cooper, Hiram Smith, and Hannah Smith. The ease is now heard upon demurrer and pleas to bill.]
1Opinion of the Court
DEADY, District Judge.
This is a suit for partition of block 218, situate in the city of Portland, and to declare void a purchase thereof by the defendant, Starr, because the conveyance was taken by Starr, with notice, and in violation of certain trusts with which the property was charged in the hands of Starr’s grantors. Among other things the bill states, that on April 15, 1854. Nancy Lowns-dale died seized of an estate in fee in the west half of donation claims 40 and 66, containing 90 acres of land and embracing block 21S in the city of Portland, leaving as her lieirs-at-law, her four…
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- Wilkin v. WilkinNew York Court of Chancery · 1814
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- Ford v. KennedyOregon Supreme Court · 1855
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