Parker v. West Coast Packing Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the county of Clatsop. The respondent commenced an action in said circuit court against the appellant, a private corporation, ostensibly to recover the possession of real property.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for the county of Clatsop. The respondent commenced an action in said circuit court against the appellant, a private corporation, ostensibly to recover the possession of real property. He alleged in his complaint that he was the owner in fee and entitled to the immediate possession of all the tide-land, water frontage, wharfing rights and privileges, north of, in front of, and adjacent to the north line of lots 4, 5, and 6, in block 149, of the town of Astoria, as .laid out and recorded by J. M. Shiveley, in Clatsop County, Oregon. Said tide-land, water frontage,…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, C. J.
It will be observed from the facts in this case that John M. Shiveley, the owner of a donation land claim in the town of Astoria, fronting northerly on the Columbia River, claimed all the land and water in front of him out to what is termed the ship’s channel; that he attempted to lay off such frontage into blocks, lots, and streets, recorded a plat thereof,.and executed deeds of conveyance of portions of it to divers parties, who claimed ownership thereof by virtue of such conveyances; that in the several deeds to the lots in the west half of said block 149, — consisting of lots 4, 5, 6, 7,…
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