Gaston v. City of Portland

This was a suit in equity to enjoin the defendant from, disturbing the possession of the plaintiff in a certain strip of land, which is claimed by the defendant to be a part of West Main Street, and for a decree quieting title to the same. The title of the plaintiff is not disputed, but the defendant relies on a deed of dedication, executed by the plaintiff and her husband, to the tract in dispute for public use as a street; while the plaintiff, admitting such execution, alleges that the same was made upon condition and delivered in escrow, and that such condition was never performed, and…