Willamette Real Estate Co. v. Hendrix
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Washington: T. A. McBride, Judge. This is a suit by the Willamette Real Estate Company against H. H. Hendrix to quiet the title to lots three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten in block twenty-five; lots six, seven, eight, nine, and ten in block twenty-six; blocks thirty-five, thirty-six, and four blocks known as the Courthouse Square, in the town of Cornelius, Oregon.
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Appeal from Washington: T. A. McBride, Judge. This is a suit by the Willamette Real Estate Company against H. H. Hendrix to quiet the title to lots three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten in block twenty-five; lots six, seven, eight, nine, and ten in block twenty-six; blocks thirty-five, thirty-six, and four blocks known as the Courthouse Square, in the town of Cornelius, Oregon. The facts are that on June seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty, the defendant was the owner in fee simple of the following described premises, to wit: “Beginning at a point thirteen and twelve hundredths…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moore.
1. It is contended by plaintiff that the county-court, being a court of record, and invested with civil jurisdiction to be defined, limited and regulated by law, not exceeding the amount of five hundred dollars, (Constitution of Oregon, Article VII, §§ 1, 12,) was further invested by an act of the legislative assembly, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, (Laws, 1859, p. 9,) with authority to enter on the defendant’s confession a judgment which should not be subject to review in a collateral suit. Conceding without deciding that the county court…
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