Bradford v. Durham
Oregon Supreme Court
This is a suit by W. H. Bradford against Petruella Durham. and others, to determine an adverse claim to real property. The complaint states that the plaintiff, W. H. Bradford, is the owner in fee and entitled to the possession of the southwest of the northwest 14, the northwest % of the southwest Vand the south 14 of the south y2 of section 36, in township 23 south of range 3 west of the Willamette Meridian, in Douglas County, which land is unimproved and not in the…
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This is a suit by W. H. Bradford against Petruella Durham. and others, to determine an adverse claim to real property. The complaint states that the plaintiff, W. H. Bradford, is the owner in fee and entitled to the possession of the southwest of the northwest 14, the northwest % of the southwest Vand the south 14 of the south y2 of section 36, in township 23 south of range 3 west of the Willamette Meridian, in Douglas County, which land is unimproved and not in the possession of any person, and that the defendants, Petruella Durham, Wilson H. Stubbings, Samuel Handsaker, and Samuel Hunsaker,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Moore.
The evidence shows that on September 24, 1894, the State of Oregon executed to the defendant Samuel Handsaker a deed to the land described in the complaint; that at that time he was the agent of Charles Hamlin, for whom he took the legal title in trust, and to whom he soon thereafter conveyed all his interest in the premises, but that the deed to Hamlin was never recorded; that the land was assessed for the year 1895 to Handsaker, but, as the taxes imposed had not been paid, the sheriff on August 3, 1901, sold the premises to Douglas County, which on January…
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