Windsor v. Collinson
Oregon Supreme Court
From Polk: Geo. H. Burnett, Judge. Suit by Benjamin Windsor against Thomas Collin-son and Israel Booth to rescind a contract and reobtain certain real property. There was a decree for defendant which caused this appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
This is a suit to cancel and set aside a conveyance from the plaintiff to the defendants of certain real property in Polk County, and comes here on an appeal from a decree dismissing the complaint. The material facts are that some time during the life of the donation law one George K. Gay and his then wife acquired a title thereunder to 640 acres of land in Polk County. Soon thereafter Mrs. Gay died intestate, leaving her husband and seven children surviving her, among the number being Henry Gay, and Louisa Gay, and an elder daughter, who intermarried *299with one Simpkins. On November 12, 1882,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Simpkins v. WindsorOregon Supreme Court · 1891
- Wilcox v. RandallNew York Supreme Court · 1850
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