Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. McComas
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP OREGON. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This is a suit to quiet title in the plaintiff to five small tracts of land in Umatilla County, Oregon, the right to such relief being predicated solely on adverse possession under color of title for ten years, the period prescribed in a local statute.. The plaintiff obtained a judgment, which at first was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the State and then on a petition for rehearing was modified as to two of the tracts. 82 Oregon, 639 The case is here on writ of certiorari.
There was substantial testimony tending to show that McComas, the plaintiff, and his predecessors had been in…
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