Sievers v. Brown
Oregon Supreme Court
From Marion : George H. Burnett, Judge. This is an action by Henry H. Sievers to recover tbe value of certain crops grown by him on the land of Samuel B. Brown, but appropriated by the latter to his own use.
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From Marion : George H. Burnett, Judge. This is an action by Henry H. Sievers to recover tbe value of certain crops grown by him on the land of Samuel B. Brown, but appropriated by the latter to his own use. The transcript shows that plaintiff, having agreed to purchase from defendant a tract of land in Marion County for the sum of $3,200, paid of the purchase price, on September 8, 1892, the sum of $600, and executed his promissory note for the balance, payable in eight years, in annual installments of $325, which note provided that, if default should be made in the payment of any of said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
It is contended that, if the crops be regarded as part of the realty, no title thereto vested in defendant under the foreclosure proceedings until the sheriff’s deed was executed; that plaintiff, having planted them, was the owner thereof; and that defendant, having converted them to his own use, is liable for their value.
1. A bond for a deed transfers to the obligee an equitable interest in the premises agreed to be conveyed, which is measured by the amount paid on account of the *457purchase. The legal title remains in the obligor, in trust for the purchaser, who, upon payment of the entire…
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