Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co. v. State Land Board

This is a suit in equity brought by Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co., a corporation, to enjoin the State of Oregon, acting by and through the State Land Board, from prosecuting an action of ejectment commenced by the state against the corporation. The state demurred to the complaint on the ground that its allegations “do not constitute an equitable defense to the allegations of the ejectment action brought by the *321State of Oregon”; the trial court overruled the demurrer and, the state refusing to plead further, a decree was entered in favor of the plaintiff. The state appeals.

The complaint in the…