Langley v. Kesler
Oregon Supreme Court
From Washington: James A. Eakin, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Slater. This is a suit by A. J. Langley against Abraham L. Kesler, Mary J. Kesler, John Kesler, Elizabeth Kesler, Charles Kesler and Anna Kesler, to quiet title to a parcel of land approximately 50 by 100 feet, being a part of lot 3, block 27, in the city of Forest Grove of this State. All the facts have been agreed upon, either by admissions in the pleadings or by stipulation.
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From Washington: James A. Eakin, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Slater. This is a suit by A. J. Langley against Abraham L. Kesler, Mary J. Kesler, John Kesler, Elizabeth Kesler, Charles Kesler and Anna Kesler, to quiet title to a parcel of land approximately 50 by 100 feet, being a part of lot 3, block 27, in the city of Forest Grove of this State. All the facts have been agreed upon, either by admissions in the pleadings or by stipulation. It is alleged by the answer, and admitted by the reply, that on April 4, 1904, J. C. Woods and Charlotte L. Woods, husband and wife, were seised of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Slater
1. By the stipulation of facts, upon which the case was tried in the court below, it is admitted that the first deed was made as claimed and alleged by defendants; but it is now argued that because the name of the grantee therein was erroneously spelled “Kessler” instead of “Kesler,” and because it is recited in the second deed in effect that it was the intention of the parties that Ellen J. Kesler should have been one of the grantees, that the first deed was not capable in law of transferring the whole title to David Kesler. In fact it is urged upon us that no estate whatever passed to David…
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