Seavey v. Williams
Oregon Supreme Court
From Lane: George F. Skipworth, Judge. Department 2. This is a suit to quiet title to about 30 acres of land in Lane County, described in the complaint as follows: “Beginning at a point on the south line of section 12 in township 18 south of range 3 west of the "Willamette Meridian 6.25 chains north 88 degrees 51 min. west of the southeast corner of said section, thence north 88 degrees 51 min., west 23 chains to the center of the old channel of the Coast Fork River; thence…
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From Lane: George F. Skipworth, Judge. Department 2. This is a suit to quiet title to about 30 acres of land in Lane County, described in the complaint as follows: “Beginning at a point on the south line of section 12 in township 18 south of range 3 west of the "Willamette Meridian 6.25 chains north 88 degrees 51 min. west of the southeast corner of said section, thence north 88 degrees 51 min., west 23 chains to the center of the old channel of the Coast Fork River; thence along the said center north 30 deg. 22 min. east 7.49 chains; thence north 49 deg. 21 min. east 25 chains more or less…
1Opinion of the CourtJohns, J.
The 30-acre tract claimed by the plaintiff is in the form of a triangle, and the 20 acres to which the defendants claim title form substantially another triangle. Although the boundaries are not identical,' all of the latter tract, except very small fractions on the south and east, lies within the 30 acres.
1. The plaintiff’s record title was acquired in January, 1904, by a warranty deed from George O. Simon, which conveyed, among other lands, all of the east half of section 12, “except about twelve acres lying south of the Coast Fork River.!’ It appears that Simon obtained his title from…
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