Dobbin v. Vandermeulen

The plaintiff, James D. Dobbin, is a tenant in common in a 238-acre farm in Union county, Oregon, and claims to be the owner of a two-thirds interest therein. He brought this suit against the other cotenants, praying for a partition of the property and that a decree be entered adjudging him to be the owner of a two-thirds interest therein. He obtained a decree adjudging him to be such owner and, from this decree, the defendants have appealed.

The controversy is solely as to the quantity of the ownership in the land and its solution depends upon the construction to be placed on the last will…