West v. Scott-McClure Land Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Robert Gr. Morrow, Judge. This is a suit by Fred West against the Scott-McClure'Land Company, a corporation, to quiet title. From a decree in favor of plaintiff, defendant appealed. Reversed. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a suit to quiet title to real property in the City of Portland.
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From Multnomah: Robert Gr. Morrow, Judge. This is a suit by Fred West against the Scott-McClure'Land Company, a corporation, to quiet title. From a decree in favor of plaintiff, defendant appealed. Reversed. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a suit to quiet title to real property in the City of Portland. The complaint is in the usual form and calls upon the defendant to set forth its estate in the land to the end that the plaintiff’s title may be declared paramount to and exclusive of the claims of the adverse party. There are two defenses, one in abatement and the other…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
The principal contention on the part of the plaintiff in support of his demurrer to the answer on the meritsi is that the assessment having been taken into the Circuit Court on appeal and the matter having been determined there as stated, the result is a judgment of that court in favor of the city for the amount of the charge involved which must be enforced by an execution out of that court, in consequence of which the sale *299by the treasurer for the liquidation of the demand was utterly void and created no right or claim in favor of the purchaser. The charter of Portland under which these…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hughes v. City of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1909
- Dowell v. City of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1886
- Keenan v. City of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1894
- Gaston v. PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1906
- Evans v. Meridian Investment & Trust Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1917
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