Sommer v. Compton
Oregon Supreme Court
From Baker: William Smith, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Eakin. The premises in dispute are a part of the N. E. [4 of the S. W. 14 of section 16, township 9 S., range 40 E., W. M., and was purchased from the State by Chas. B. Fisher more than 35 years ago. The W. % of the S. E. 1/4 of said section 16 was purchased from the State about the same time by Joseph E. Street.
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From Baker: William Smith, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Eakin. The premises in dispute are a part of the N. E. [4 of the S. W. 14 of section 16, township 9 S., range 40 E., W. M., and was purchased from the State by Chas. B. Fisher more than 35 years ago. The W. % of the S. E. 1/4 of said section 16 was purchased from the State about the same time by Joseph E. Street. The plaintiffs claim the property in dispute as successors in interest to Street, and defendants deraign title to the land in dispute by mesne conveyances from Fisher; the premises.in. dispute lying immediately adjacent to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eakin
1. The first assignment of error is that the court erred in excluding the evidence of P. A. Sandberg, a civil engineer, by whom the defendants sought to prove the location of the north and south quarter section line in section 16. The defendants offered to prove by the witness “that he located this quarter section line running north and south through the center of said section 16 * * in accordance with the statutes of the United States, and that the said quarter section line is about 15% feet east of the line as indicated by Ci M. Foster on plaintiffs’ Exhibit A,” which offer was denied. C.…
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