Mathews v. Eddy
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Polk County. This was an action of ejectment to recover certain real property which each of the parties claimed to own in fee.
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Appeal from Polk County. This was an action of ejectment to recover certain real property which each of the parties claimed to own in fee. The land in dispute is described in the pleadings as follows: “Beginning twenty chains north, and fourteen and thirteen one-hundredths chains west of the quarter-section corner-post on the east and west line, between sections 9 and 16, in township 9 south, range I west, and running thence west forty-five and eighty-seven one-hundredths chains; thence south forty-three and sixty one-hundredths chains; thence east forty-five and eighty-seven one-hundredths…
1Opinion of the Court
*228By the Court,
Upton, C. J.:
In this ease it is conceded that the plaintiff, who is respondent in this appeal, is entitled to the premises in controversy, unless the defendant has acquired title through the sale on execution under the judgment against the plaintiff’s grantor, S. B. Mathews, in favor of Henry Marshall. One of the objections to the defendant’s chain of title is that the deed from Marshall to the defendant is void for want of a sufficient description of the land it purports to convey.
All the other deeds offered in evidence describe the initial point by the words “beginning twenty…
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