John v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of tlie United States for the District of Oregon.-
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge,
delivered tlie opinion of the court.
The plaintiffs in error were the plaintiffs in an action of ejectment brought against the defendants in error to recover the possession of certain real estate situate in the town of St. Johns, in the state of Oregon. The defendant in error, as the executor of James John, deceased, answered, denying the plaintiff's’ title and right of possession and setting up four distinct defenses: First, the statute of limitations; second, that he was in possession as such executor, and under the terms of the will of said James John, deceased;…
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