Hicklin v. McClear
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for the county of Multnomah. The respondent commenced an action against the appellant to recover the possession of certain real property, which is described in the complaint by metes and bounds, and is also referred to therein as lots 1 and 2, block 3, of the town of Brookland. The complaint was in the usual form. The answer set up a title to the premises by adverse possession, which was denied in the reply.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for the county of Multnomah. The respondent commenced an action against the appellant to recover the possession of certain real property, which is described in the complaint by metes and bounds, and is also referred to therein as lots 1 and 2, block 3, of the town of Brookland. The complaint was in the usual form. The answer set up a title to the premises by adverse possession, which was denied in the reply. The case was tried by the court without a jury, and the following facts and conclusions of law found: (1) That plaintiff has a correct and…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, C. J.
A number of exceptions were taken at the trial by the appellant’s counsel to the rulings of the circuit court upon the admission of evidence on the part of the respondent; but the main question in the case is as to whether the facts found by the court sustain the conclusions of law adjudged thereon. The respondent claimed title to the premises by deed from B. Killen and wife, bearing date November 28, 1873, and through mesne conveyances from Gideon Tibbets and wife, donees of a tract of land from the United States, which included the land in dispute. These conveyances, however, described the…
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