Willamette Falls Canal & Lock Co. v. Gordon

By the Court, Prim, C. J.:

The respondent is a private corporation and brought this action to recover the possession of certain real property alleged to be in the possession of John Gordon, and withheld by him from respondent. Gordon filed an answer admitting that he was in the possession of the land in controversy, but denying the ownership of respondent.

He further alleged in his answer that J ames M. Moore, Maria M. Moore, and Robert M. Moore, were the owners in fee of said land, and that he was in the possession thereof as their tenant. Upon the filing of this answer, the above parties were…