Lane County v. Bristow

Plaintiff Lane County brought two suits to quiet title to lands acquired by it through tax foreclosure proceedings. Darwin Bristow was a defendant in each of the said suits and the only defendant who appeared therein. The issues in each case being the same except that they pertain to different properties, the cases were consolidated for trial and resulted in decrees for the plaintiff from which Bristow, hereinafter called the defendant, has appealed.

The controversy arises out of a general foreclosure suit commenced by Lane County on August 30, 1938, pursuant to the provisions of Ch. 470,…