Runyan v. Winstock

This is an action in ejectment, plaintiff alleging that he is the owner of a life estate in Lot C, Block 1, Cole’s Addition to East Portland. Defendants for answer deny plaintiff’s title, and allege that plaintiff and Sarah J. Runyan were husband and wife, and that, at the time of the marriage Sarah J. Runyan was the owner in fee simple of said lot, and subsequently to the marriage she conveyed the same to defendants, and ever since they have been, and now are, the owners in fee simple and entitled to the possession thereof; that said Sarah J. Runyan died prior to the commencement of this…