Weitensteiner v. Engdahl

The respondent, Weitensteiner, plaintiff below, is the owner of the northeast quarter of section 12, and the southeast quarter of section 1, all in township 30, north, range 40, east of the Willamette Meridian. The first of these quarter sections he acquired under the homestead laws of the United States by settlement thereon, initiated in 1889. The second of the quarter sections he acquired by mesne conveyances from the Northern Pacific Railway Company; entering into an executory contract for its purchase in 1908, and paying out and receiving a deed therefor in 1912. The railway company…