Langley v. Kesler
Oregon Supreme Court
From Washington: James A. Eakin, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Slater. This is a suit by A. J. Langley against Abraham L. Kesler, Mary J. Kesler, John Kesler, Elizabeth Kesler, Charles Kesler and Anna Kesler, to quiet title to a parcel of land approximately 50 by 100 feet, being a part of lot 3, block 27, in the city of Forest Grove of this State. All the facts have been agreed upon, either by admissions in the pleadings or by stipulation.
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From Washington: James A. Eakin, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Slater. This is a suit by A. J. Langley against Abraham L. Kesler, Mary J. Kesler, John Kesler, Elizabeth Kesler, Charles Kesler and Anna Kesler, to quiet title to a parcel of land approximately 50 by 100 feet, being a part of lot 3, block 27, in the city of Forest Grove of this State. All the facts have been agreed upon, either by admissions in the pleadings or by stipulation. It is alleged by the answer, and admitted by the reply, that on April 4, 1904, J. C. Woods and Charlotte L. Woods, husband and wife, were seised of the…
1Opinion
Decided October 25, 1910.
On Petition for Rehearing.
[111 Pac. 246.]
2Opinion of the CourtJustice Slater
8. Plaintiff concedes by his motion for a rehearing that the conclusion reached, as to the alleged estoppel, is correct, but still insists that upon the facts shown a court of equity would have reformed the first deed to conform to the intent of the parties as recited in the second deed, and that that which equity would have decreed may be done by the parties themselves and the same effect will be given the result. We do not now controvert the latter contention, for it is not necessary to a decision of the case. But we have…
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