Northcut v. Lemery
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Marion County. On the twenty-tliird day of June, 1851, Hubert Petit and Emerance Petit, his wife, commenced to reside upon and cultivate a certain tract of land containing one hundred and ninety-five acres, and continued to reside thereon and cultivate the same for four years, as required by the donation land law of Oregon.
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Appeal from Marion County. On the twenty-tliird day of June, 1851, Hubert Petit and Emerance Petit, his wife, commenced to reside upon and cultivate a certain tract of land containing one hundred and ninety-five acres, and continued to reside thereon and cultivate the same for four years, as required by the donation land law of Oregon. The north half of the claim was set apart to the said Emerance, and the south half to the said Hubert Petit, and a patent was afterwards issued to them. On the second day of September, 1857, Hubert Petit filed a petition for a divorce from his wife, and at the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Kelly, C. J.:
This is an action of ejectment brought to recover a tract of land known as the north half of the donation claim of Hubert Petit and Emerance Petit, his wife, being that portion of it set apart by the surveyor-general of Oregon, to the said Emerance, to whom a patent was issued by the United States. S. T. Northcut, one of the appellants, formerly claimed the land, deriving his title under a decree of divorce made at the September term, 1857, of the district court of Oregon territory for Marion county, wherein the court decreed that the north half of the said land…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Hunsaker v. CoffinOregon Supreme Court · 1864
- Ladd v. HigleyOregon Supreme Court · 1874
- Groslouis v. NorthcutMultnomah County Circuit Court, Oregon · 1872
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- Fishburn v. LondershausenOregon Supreme Court · 1907
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