French Live Stock Co. v. Springer
Oregon Supreme Court
From Harney: Morton D. Clieeord, Judge. This is an action of ejectment by the French-G-lenn Live Stock Company against Alva Springer to recover .the possession of one hundred and sixty acres of land, situate in Harney County, Oregon, lying to the north of and adjoining lots numbered 3 and 4 of section 34, and lots numbered 1 and 2 of section 35, township 26 south, range 31 east of the Willamette Meridian, as described on the maps of survey of the said township in the office…
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From Harney: Morton D. Clieeord, Judge. This is an action of ejectment by the French-G-lenn Live Stock Company against Alva Springer to recover .the possession of one hundred and sixty acres of land, situate in Harney County, Oregon, lying to the north of and adjoining lots numbered 3 and 4 of section 34, and lots numbered 1 and 2 of section 35, township 26 south, range 31 east of the Willamette Meridian, as described on the maps of survey of the said township in the office of the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Burns, Oregon. The cause was tried before a jury, and,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chibe Justice Wolverton,
after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court.
1. It has become a settled rule of law in this state that, where a stream is meandered by the public surveys, the stream, and not the meander line, is the true boundary of the riparian owner : Weiss v. Oregon Lron & Steel Co., 13 Or, 496 (11 Pac. 255). The rule is alike applicable where a lake is meandered by the public survey. The shore of the lake becomes the real boundary of the abutting fractional subdivisions or lots, as they are termed, and not the meandered line as surveyed, if there is found to be…
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