Spath v. Sales
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: John P. Kavanaugh, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is a suit by Edward Spath against M. A. Sales and William Sales, her husband, Ernest. D. Holgate and Eva D. Holgate, his wife, Andrew Brugger and Mrs. Andrew Brugger, his wife, Edgar E. Chipman and Mrs. Edgar E. Chipman, his wife, to quiet title to a tract of land described in the complaint. The Circuit Court granted a decree in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendants appeal.
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From Multnomah: John P. Kavanaugh, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is a suit by Edward Spath against M. A. Sales and William Sales, her husband, Ernest. D. Holgate and Eva D. Holgate, his wife, Andrew Brugger and Mrs. Andrew Brugger, his wife, Edgar E. Chipman and Mrs. Edgar E. Chipman, his wife, to quiet title to a tract of land described in the complaint. The Circuit Court granted a decree in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendants appeal. The tract in controversy is a strip 2,745 feet long, 172.54 feet in width at the west end and 174.39 feet in width at the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
1. According to the record, the plaintiff, Edward Spath, has resided upon the land for a period of about 20 years, and with his family for 17 years. He first purchased the tract of one Freeman, who had settled upon the premises and built a house thereon. Shortly afterward he purchased the interest of Jeremiah Stan*271ley in the tract, and in 1898 obtained a quitclaim deed to the same from him. During his possession of the land he has constructed a four-room house, and a barn, and dug a well upon the same. He has also fenced the land, cleared it of stumps and bushes, and cultivated about 6 acres…
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