Messinger v. Union Warehouse Co.

This is an action to recover the possession of four hundred and eight sacks of wlieat, or the sum of $474.50, its alleged value, in case possession thereof can not be secured. The following statement of facts is deemed essential to a clear understanding of the questions involved : Congress on February 25, 1867, granted to the State of Oregon, to aid in the construction of a wagon road from The Dalles to Fort Boise, the “alternate sections of public lands designated by odd numbers to the extent of *547three sections in width on each side of said road,” which the state on October 20,1868, granted…