Stark v. Starr
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon. This was a suit in equity, to restrain the defendant from enforcing a judgment recovered by him-,against the tenants of the complainant, for the possession of certain premises situated in the city of Portland, Oregon, and to compel the defendant to execute a release of his interest to the complainant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon. This was a suit in equity, to restrain the defendant from enforcing a judgment recovered by him-,against the tenants of the complainant, for the possession of certain premises situated in the city of Portland, Oregon, and to compel the defendant to execute a release of his interest to the complainant. It appears from the record, that on the 22d of March, 1848, and for some time previous, one Francis W. Pettygrove held a claim to six hundred and forty acres of land in Oregon, which was taken up by him under the law…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
On the 7th of December, 1860, the Commissioner of the General Land-Office at Washington issued a patent of ther United States to the corporate authorities of the city of Portland, Oregon, for lands within the limits of the city to the extent of three hundred and seven acres and forty-nine hundredths of an acre, in trust for the several use and benefit of the occupants thereof. This patent was issued upon an entry made by the city authorities, on the belief that the lands were brought under the operation of the Town-Site Act of May 23, 1844, by the Organic Act of 1848, establishing the…
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