Chapman v. Wilbur
Multnomah County Circuit Court, Oregon
This is a suit to recover a parcel of land, formerly conveyed by the plaintiff, in trust, on tbe ground of forfeiture by misappropriation.
1Opinion of the CourtUpton, J.
This case was referred, and tbe referree beard tbe cause and reported a decree in favor of tbe plaintiff; it is now submitted on tbe defendant’s motion to set aside tbe report, and on tbe plaintiff’s motion for confirmation.
Tbe following are tbe material facts: On tbe 7th day of September, 1850, that is, .twenty days before tbe passage of tbe donation act, Stephen Coffin, D. H. Lownsdale and W. W. Chapman, being in possession, conveyed two adjacent *327blocks of land, known as blocks 205 and 224 in the city of Portland, to “James H. Wilbur, trustee, for the use and benefit of the Methodist…
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