Jones v. Dove
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Benton County. This is an action of ejectment brought by the respondent against L. O. Perry and John Dove, to recover possession of certain lands in the county of Polk. Perry and John Dove answered that they -were holding as tenants under Bethuel Dove, who, upon application therefor, was substituted for them as defendant.
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Appeal from Benton County. This is an action of ejectment brought by the respondent against L. O. Perry and John Dove, to recover possession of certain lands in the county of Polk. Perry and John Dove answered that they -were holding as tenants under Bethuel Dove, who, upon application therefor, was substituted for them as defendant. The respondent claimed through an execution sale of the premises in question under an execution which purported to be issued upon a judgment rendered on the second of August, 1858, for four thousand eight hundred and seventy-three dollars and twenty-one cents and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Prim, J.:
This case was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury. The conclusions of fact and law found by the court are full and complete, and the only questions sought to be reviewed here are the rulings of the court in the admission of evidence offered by the respondent to sustain her title to the land in controversy. Despondent offered a donation certificate from the United States to Bethuel Dove showing compliance by him before 1858 with the donation law in respect to a tract of land in Polk county, and also oral evidence showing that the tract of land donated to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hunt v. LoucksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1869
- Bissell v. KipNew York Supreme Court · 1809
- Durham v. HeatonIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
- Jones v. DoveOregon Supreme Court · 1876
- Crittenden v. LeitensdorferSupreme Court of Missouri · 1864
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