Knott v. Knott
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Multnomah County. This suit is for a dissolution of a partnership and an account and sale of partnership property. The respondents are sons of the appellant. The parties to the suit were, in 1857, the owners, respectively, of different tracts of land in the Umpqua valley, and of certain personal property. The land of the appellant consisted of six hundred and forty acres, and that of the respondents of three hundred and twenty acres each.
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Appeal from Multnomah County. This suit is for a dissolution of a partnership and an account and sale of partnership property. The respondents are sons of the appellant. The parties to the suit were, in 1857, the owners, respectively, of different tracts of land in the Umpqua valley, and of certain personal property. The land of the appellant consisted of six hundred and forty acres, and that of the respondents of three hundred and twenty acres each. OThe respondents allege that in that year (1857) the parties to the suit made a verbal agreement to sell their personal property, sell or lease…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Watson, J.:
Before passing upon the questions of fact, presented by the transcript in this case, it becomes necessary for us to examine a question of law which has been ably argued before us at the hearing of this appeal. The greater portion of the property in dispute is real property, and the legal title is in Joseph Knott, the appellant. It is admitted by the respondents that the legal title to this property was taken in his name by mutual agreement, and with their consent. It appears that one-half section of land belonging to A. J. Knott, and one-half section of land belonging…
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