Taggart v. Risley

*238By the Court,

McArthur, J.:

This suit was instituted by Taggart against Eisley and others, to quiet the title to lot 7, in block 212, in the city of Portland, and to compel the execution of conveyances thereof by the appellants. It appears from the pleadings that, on June 25, 1850, D. H. Lownsdale, being .then in possession of the lot aforesaid, executed a deed conveyiug all his interest in said lot to W. W. Chapman, wherein he covenanted to warrant and defend the same to said Chapman, his heirs and assigns, against all persons except the United States; and also, that should he afterwards…