Legal Opinion

Wade v. Northup

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided April 7, 1914PublishedCited by 18 opinions

From Douglas: James W. Hamilton, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a suit by Henry Wade, Anna W. Spencer, John M. Wade, Annie Conlisk, Joseph R. Butler, Kate Flye and Mamie Smiley against Hazel Northup, and Isabel Ozouf, an incompetent person, by Hazel Northup, her guardian ad litem, having the double aspect of asking that a mistake in the description of land in the conveyances of plaintiff be corrected, and that an alleged unfounded claim of one…

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From Douglas: James W. Hamilton, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a suit by Henry Wade, Anna W. Spencer, John M. Wade, Annie Conlisk, Joseph R. Butler, Kate Flye and Mamie Smiley against Hazel Northup, and Isabel Ozouf, an incompetent person, by Hazel Northup, her guardian ad litem, having the double aspect of asking that a mistake in the description of land in the conveyances of plaintiff be corrected, and that an alleged unfounded claim of one of the defendants be declared void. The mistake was denied by the defendants, and an answer in the nature of a…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett

There were three brothers and their three sisters: Robert Wade, John M. Wade, Henry "Wade, Isabel Ozouf, Anna W. Spencer, and Rebecca Butler. Robert died intestate, seised of a large area of lands in Douglas County, Oregon, and leaving as his only heirs his brothers and sisters who succeeded to his estate under the statutes of descent. Isabel Ozouf has a large amount of property in her own right, besides inheriting a considerable estate from her deceased husband. After the conveyances were made, which the answer attacks, Rebecca Butler died intestate so far as the record here shows. She left…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Taylor v. McClintockSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
  2. Estate of ChevallierCalifornia Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Mansfield v. HillOregon Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Bohler v. HicksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  5. Chrisman v. CherismanOregon Supreme Court · 1888

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Sturtevant v. SturtevantOregon Supreme Court · 1919
  2. Brown v. LairdOregon Supreme Court · 1930
  3. In Re Will of Robert CarrOregon Supreme Court · 1927
  4. Turney v. StoneOregon Supreme Court · 1923
  5. Rowe v. FreemanOregon Supreme Court · 1918

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