Hall v. Russell
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
[This was a suit in equity by Lydia C. Hall and others against Edwin Russell and wife, W. W. Page and wife, and George H. Williams to have the defendants decreed trustees for the plaintiffs of a donation of land in Oregon.]
1Opinion of the Court
*249BY THE COURT
(DEADY, District Judge).
The plaintiffs, the widow and children of Samuel Parker Hall, deceased, and W. W. Chapman, the administrator, with the will annexed, of the estate of J. L. Lor-ing, deceased, bring this suit. to have the defendants, Edwin Russell and wife, W. W. Page and wife, and George , H. Williams, declared the trustees of the plaintiffs in regard to a donation situated in Multnomah county, being parts of sections 26 and 27 of T. 1, R. 1 E., in Wallamet district, and containing 289.47 acres.
Among other things the bill states, that at Cincinnati, on August 20, 1849, said…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hall v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Delay v. ChapmanOregon Supreme Court · 1869
- Groslouis v. NorthcutMultnomah County Circuit Court, Oregon · 1872
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