Starr v. Hamilton
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
This was an action [by Addison M. Starr against Alexander Hamilton and Christina E. Hamilton] for the recovery of the possession of real property in the city of Portland. and by the stipulation of the parties, was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury. The facts of the case are stated in the findings of the court as follows: I. That the defendants, Alexander Hamilton and Christina Hamilton, were intermarried in the year 1853. at Portland.
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This was an action [by Addison M. Starr against Alexander Hamilton and Christina E. Hamilton] for the recovery of the possession of real property in the city of Portland. and by the stipulation of the parties, was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury. The facts of the case are stated in the findings of the court as follows: I. That the defendants, Alexander Hamilton and Christina Hamilton, were intermarried in the year 1853. at Portland. Oregon, and that the relation of husband and wife has ever since subsisted between such defendants. H. That on July 1, 1859, the defendant,…
1Opinion of the Court
DEADY, District Judge.
By virtue of the sheriff’s sale, on September 4, 1866, and the subsequent deed to the plaintiff, in pursuance *1109of the order confirming such sale, the plaintiff acquired all the estate or interest which the defendant, A. Hamilton, had in the real property described in the complaint at the time of such sale. What then was the interest. if any, of A. Hamilton in the property in question on September 4, 1866?
Block two hundred and fifty was conveyed to the wife, Christina Hamilton, on February 13. 1858. At that time the effect of marriage upon the property of the wife was…
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