Quinn v. Ladd
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah : Loyal B. Stearns, Judge. This is a suit in equity brought by Mary E. Quinn against the widow and heirs of W. S. Ladd, deceased, to impeach and set aside certain decrees of the county and circuit courts of Multnomah County on the grounds of fraud and want of jurisdiction, and for a decree declaring her to be the owner, and entitled to the possession, of a tract of land in the north half of the donation claim of Terence Quinn and wife, near the City of…
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From Multnomah : Loyal B. Stearns, Judge. This is a suit in equity brought by Mary E. Quinn against the widow and heirs of W. S. Ladd, deceased, to impeach and set aside certain decrees of the county and circuit courts of Multnomah County on the grounds of fraud and want of jurisdiction, and for a decree declaring her to be the owner, and entitled to the possession, of a tract of land in the north half of the donation claim of Terence Quinn and wife, near the City of Portland, containing 84.21 acres, which was by such decrees adjudged to be the property of her father, Terence Quinn, and set…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
It is claimed on behalf of the plaintiff that by reason of the settlement of her father, Terence Quinn, and her mother, Mary, upon the land^in question, under section 5 of the donation law, and the subsequent issuance of a patent by the government of the United States conveying the north half of the claim, which includes the lands in controversy, to her mother and her heirs, she became the owner thereof, and that the proceedings in the county and circuit courts to devest her of the title to a portion of the same are void and of no effect, (1) because of fraud, and (2) for want of jurisdiction…
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- Vance v. BurbankSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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- Dolph v. BarneyOregon Supreme Court · 1874
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