Foote v. Lichty
Oregon Supreme Court
From Washington: James U. Campbell, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a suit by John A. Foote against W. J. Lichty, Frank Lichty, Lydia Gardner, Emma Hamel and E. B. Tongue.
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From Washington: James U. Campbell, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a suit by John A. Foote against W. J. Lichty, Frank Lichty, Lydia Gardner, Emma Hamel and E. B. Tongue. The substance of the complaint is that at some date in 1908, being then and ever since the owner of a tract of 162 acres of land in Washington County, the plaintiff, at the solicitation of the defendant W. J. Lichty, but without consideration or the knowledge of any of the defendants except W. J. Lichty and E. B. Tongue, executed four conveyances, one each in favor of the defendants W. J. Lichty, Frank…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
1. All other questions raised about the admissibility of testimony in this case are grouped about and are ancillary to the principal one of whether the deeds mentioned were delivered so as to complete the process of passing title to the land from the plaintiff to the respective grantees.
It is disclosed by the evidence that the plaintiff is a man above 70 years of age who never married. He came to Oregon many years ago, leaving all his relatives in the state of New York, and had but little if any communication with them until within the last few years. He lived for about 25 years in the Lichty…
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